Piracy Attack

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  Chaos In Red Sea, War In Gaza: How Somali Pirates Are Exploiting The Perfect Storm

  It was in 2017 when Somali pirates hijacked the Comoros-flagged Aris 13 - their last major attack before a periodof relative calm. Years later, the threat has returned with full force.

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  "Act Of Piracy": White House Tells Iran To Immediately Release Seized Ship

  The White House on Saturday called on Iran to immediately release a British-owned ship it seized near the Strait of Hormuz, as Middle East tensions soar and fears mount over an retaliatory attack on Israel.

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  Navy Intercepts Hijacked Iranian Vessel In Arabian Sea, Deploys Warships

  The Indian Navy has responded to a potential piracy attack on an Iranian fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea, and diverted two naval ships to intercept the hijacked vessel on Friday.

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  "Coordinating With Partner Nations To...": Navy Chief On Red Sea Attacks

  The Indian Navy is coordinating with navies of "partners" countries to ensure safe sea passage amid the "resurgence" of piracy attacks, Indian Navy chief Hari Kumar said on Thursday.

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  "Won't Let Any Piracy Happen": Navy Chief Amid Red Sea Attacks

  Amid the recent drone attacks by suspected Houthi rebels in the Red Sea and the deployment of Pakistan vessels along the Indian coastline, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar on Thursday said that the job of the Navy is to ensure that "we

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  Drone Attacks On The Rise In Arabian Sea, Indian Navy's Response

  The Indian Navy has stepped up surveillance in the north and central Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden following frequent security incidents on merchant vessels sailing through international shipping lanes.

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  Maritime Piracy Won't Be Left Unanswered: Iran On Tanker Attack

  Iran vowed on Saturday not to let an attack on one of its oil tankers off the coast of Saudi Arabia to go unanswered, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

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  Watch Udta Punjab in Theatres: Say Aamir, Shahid After Film is Leaked

  "Viruses in the #UdtaPunjab links! Anyone downloading it will have a virus attack!! What a way to combat this awful piracy! #piracydimaadi," Karan Johar wrote on Twitter

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  Navy Alert to Chinese Nuclear Submarine Threat in Indian Ocean

  Convinced that the presence of a Chinese nuclear powered attack submarine in the Indian Ocean in the last few months is part of a carefully choreographed exercise to expand its military presence in the region, senior Navy Officers have told NDTV that they don't accept the assertion that China's submarine deployment has been in aid of the anti-pirac...

• French tanker likely hijacked off Ivory Coast

  A French-owned oil tanker missing off Ivory Coast with 17 sailors on board likely has been hijacked, an official with an international piracy watchdog said on Monday, in what may be the latest attack by criminal gangs targeting the ships to steal their valuable cargo. Meanwhile, a sailor died in a similar attack on Monday near Nigeria's largest cit...

• Party over for Somali pirates? Attacks way down

  The empty whisky bottles and overturned, sand-filled skiffs that litter this once-bustling shoreline are signs that the heyday of Somali piracy may be over. Most of the prostitutes are gone, the luxury cars repossessed. Pirates talk more about catching lobsters than seizing cargo ships.

• Pirates hijack Singapore-owned tanker in Lagos

  Pirates have hijacked a Singapore-owned oil tanker in the Nigerian port of Lagos -- the third attack in just over two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the International Maritime Bureau said on Wednesday. The vessel, which had 23 crew on board, was laden with fuel, the bureau's Kuala Lumpur-based piracy reporting centre said, adding that the pirates we...

• Indian ship thwarts piracy attempt in Gulf of Aden, 26 pirates arrested

  Indian Naval ship, INS Sukanya, thwarted a piracy attack in the Gulf of Aden and captured three boats of the pirates.

• Indian Navy foils piracy attack, rescues Iranian vessel MV Nafis-1

  The Indian Navy today foiled a piracy attack after it rescued merchant vessel MV Nafis-1, approximately 170 nautical miles west of Mumbai. The Iranian-flagged vessel had been located by the Navy's Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft on August 12, which thereafter kept it under continuous surveillance.INS Mysore, a guided missile destroyer, was di...

• INS Godavari prevents pirate attack, escorts Greek ship

  INS Godavari has successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Greek ship MV Elinakos in the Gulf of Aden. Eight Somali pirates attempted to hijack the Greek ship on July 16 Jul. INS Godavari was escorting four other ships at the time in the Gulf of Aden, when it received the distress call.