Seoul: High-tech equipment and carefully planned tactics helped South Korea's navy to rescue a Seoul ship and its crew from Somali pirates, military officials said Monday.

Navy commandos on Friday st

Pirates hijacked a Syrian ship with 25 sailors on board in the North Arabian Sea as it headed towards Yemen, the European Union's naval mission said late Thursday.

Brussels, Nov. 8: The European Union’s anti-piracy mission on Monday said pirates had hijacked a yacht off the Seychelles and that one of its passengers had been taken in by a warship.

Local sources

Seoul: A South Korean fishing boat has been seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya and is being held in Somalia, a report said today.

The 241-ton vessel, which was carrying two South Koreans

An Indian warship has warded off another attack by pirates on merchant vessels carrying 40 Indians among its crew south of Yemen, the fourth in the last 10 days, the Navy said here on Thursday. INS De