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About 20 armed pirates hijack a Bangladeshi bulk carrier in the Indian Ocean that was en route to the United Arab Emirates. The vessel is under the control of the pirates and is heading towards the coast of Somalia.
2024-03-12

South Korea will fly the bodies of eight Somali pirates killed in a commando raid on a freighter last month from Muscat, Oman, to Mogadishu, Somalia.
2011-02-16

Somali pirates seize a Thai-flagged ship off the coast of Somalia.
2010-12-26

Somali pirates receive a record £7.6m in ransoms for seized South Korean and Singaporean ships.
2010-11-6

The United Nations says child soldiers continue to be recruited to fight and engage in piracy in Somalia.
2010-11-4

Somali pirates attack and seize a Liberian tanker with 24 crew on board in the Indian Ocean.
2010-10-30

The African Union calls on the United Nations Security Council to impose an air and naval blockade of Somalia to counter an Islamist Al-Shabaab militant insurgency and piracy.
2010-10-21

Somali pirates hijack a South Korean owned Kenyan registered fishing boat with 43 crew aboard.
2010-10-17

Somali pirates hijack a Marshall Islands-flagged ship with 18 Filipino sailors on board in the southern Red Sea.
2010-07-5

A Turkish ship is hijacked by Somali pirates more than 1,000 miles away from the coast of Somalia and closer to India.
2010-03-23