Piracy News

It was only two years ago when 32-year-old Jessica Buchanan was kidnapped while working for a humanitarian NGO in Somalia.

To mark the release of writer-director Tobias Lindholm's A Hijacking in cinemas, RTE TEN is giving you the chance to win the DVDs of award-winning movie The Hunt and the acclaimed political drama series Borgen - both of which were written by Lindholm.

Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday night.

Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled.

Special to Times of Oman As representatives of governments from across the world gather in London for the international conference on Somalia, it is worth reminding ourselves that in dealing with civil conflicts and failed states, prevention is always better than cure.

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A Bossaso court convicted on Sunday, 78 Iranians who were caught in April illegally fishing in Puntland state waters, Garowe Online reports.

There are more than 1,000 convicted Somali pirates in prisons around the world. Some of them end up in a UN-funded jail on the tiny island nation of Seychelles.

The major broadcast networks have announced their Fall TV '13 primetime schedules, and it's shaping up to be a very good time to be a TV viewer.

The recent revelation that the owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates paid them $2.6m in ransom is yet another indication that the rewards these denizens reap for their illegal, life-threatening work remain a serious stumbling block to ending maritime organized crime, said William H. Watson, president and COO of ... (more)

A gang of hackers who attacked computers at the Pentagon and Nato for "laughs" were jailed on Thursday for their campaign of havoc.

On May 7, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud co-hosted the second London Conference on Somalia aimed at "bolstering political stability and preventing Somalia from slipping back into a state of lawlessness," To do so, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office affirmed it is "time to capitalize on ... (more)

In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India's and pitched tents and unfurled banners.

The cooperation between the Chinese Navy and its international counterparts is set to expand, a senior commander of the People's Liberation Army said on Wednesday.

A court has heard that four UK-based hackers involved with the Lulzsec group thought of themselves as being "modern-day pirates". Cleary has also pleaded guilty to possession of images showing child abuse, which were found by police on his hard drive.

Assassin's Creed 4's new protagonist, Edward Kenway, doesn't take anything from anybody no matter their size.

New research is raising fresh concern that an age-old treatment for troubled pregnancies - bed rest - doesn't seem to prevent premature birth, and might even worsen that risk.

ALGIERS: The Saudi owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew were held by Somali pirates for 10 months admitted paying $2.6m to free them in November 2011, an Algerian paper reported yetserday.

In the violent world of piracy, Mohammad Saaili Shibin was a multilingual negotiator based in lawless Somalia, working his cellphone to negotiate multimillion-dollar ransoms for merchant ships and sailors that dared to venture into pirate-infested international waters off Africa.

The Operation Commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Bob Tarrant, has issued a renewed warning that Somali pirates are still determined to get out to sea and, if presented with an easy target, will attack.