Published on July 5, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Somalia will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African nation, said state leaders who convened in Dubai for the 2nd UAE Counter-Piracy Conference. Somalia continues to hold maritime industry hostage, say state leadersBy Gemma …
Read more »LAS ANOD — The deputy police Commissioner of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region in northern Somalia, was gunned down in the city of Garowe, an official said. Col. Abdullahi Salah Nadalo, was inside the premises of a local hotel on Monday evening when unidentified individuals on foot approached him and opened fire on him. The 54-year-old was …
Read more »Pirates hold 45 Filipino seamen By Gemma Q. Casas DUBAI—War-torn Somalia, with its worsening modern-day piracy problems and the growth of Islamic terrorist group Al Shabaab in the country, remains to be a major global security threat and will continue to hold the global maritime industry hostage unless the international community helps this once prosperous African …
Read more »Iran’s Intelligence Ministry on Sunday announced the arrests of at least 20 agents it said were behind the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists, state news agency IRNA reported. After initially announcing a series of arrests last week, police tied the agents directly to Israel, alleging that they were “hired by an Israeli spy network.” According …
Read more »[Relevant documents: Piracy off the coast of Somalia, Tenth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2010-12, HC 1318, and the Government Response, Cm 8324.] Motion made and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(James Duddridge.) 2.30 pm Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con): I welcome the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, …
Read more »By D. Jose May 30 (Reuters) – An Indian court granted bail on Wednesday to two Italian sailors charged with the murder of two Indian fishermen in a case that has caused a major diplomatic rift between Rome and New Delhi. The two marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, were ordered not to leave the …
Read more »Published on May 18, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments According to Chinese state news media, North Korean gunmen operating in the Yellow Sea are demanding a ransom for the release of three Chinese fishing vessels and 29 crew members. 3 Boats Held by Gunmen, China SaysBy Andrew Jacobs, New York Times BEIJING — …
Read more »New Delhi: Against the backdrop of Somali pirates currently holding over 60 Indian sailors as hostages, the African country’s Puntland state has backed military operations to rescue them and to fight piracy, even as its President Abdirahman Mohammed Mohamud Farole is in India to work out a naval capacity building agreement. “I always support the military …
Read more »Published on May 14, 2012 by Mark Lowe · No Comments Very few of the Somali-based pirates who plague the Indian Ocean have been brought to justice, partly as a result of the lack of government in Somalia. But several are being held at Hargeisa prison in Somaliland – an internationally unrecognised state which broke …
Read more »The enlarged mandate for the EU’s anti-piracy mission means that EU troops will soon also be able to fight pirates on land. But DW’s Daniel Scheschkewitz says that this is not the right path. Named after the virgin hunter from Greek mythology, the EU’s Atalanta mission has been trying to crack down on pirates …
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