Tag: Pirates

Mumbai: An oil tanker, with an all Indian crew of 22 members that went missing off the coast of Benin in north-west Africa, has been released by pirates after four days, officials said today. All the crew members, who endured the over four-day ordeal, are safe. “The ship, ‘Marine Express’, has been released and is […]

Mogadishu: Somalia’s military has rescued eight Indian crew members who had been held hostage by pirates, an official said today. The sailors of a ship hijacked last week were rescued after regional forces surrounded their pirate captors in a small village outside Hobyo town, Abdullahi Ahmed Ali, the town’s mayor, told The Associated Press. Four […]