Pirates

The Red Sea strategy: What does Israel stand to gain from recognizing Somaliland? - analysis

Some may see it as creating a new era of international competition in the Horn of Africa - but the real issue is it may appear more of a strategic chessboard than it is.

Somalis react after Israel became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, in Mogadishu, Somalia, December 27, 2025
Etswani flagged vessel.

Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel

An Indian soldier stands guard next to captured Somali pirates after they were brought in for prosecution by the Indian Navy, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2024.

LNG tanker evades pirates off Somalia as attacks escalate, maritime sources say

An Indian soldier stands guard next to captured Somali pirates after they were brought in for prosecution by the Indian Navy, at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, India, March 23, 2024.

Assailants attack tanker off Somali coast in suspected pirate strike


City pirates

Shoedei Yam, a new Jerusalem gallery, presents art with attitude, sense of history.

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Insurers, guards earn more from piracy than pirates

Protecting ships cost $7 billion in 2011, but Somali pirates got just $160 million in ransom.

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Iran thanks US for naval rescue operation

13 Iranians redeemed in Arabian Sea; rescue conducted by same aircraft carrier group Iran warned away from Gulf.

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US navy rescues Iranian hostages held by pirates

13 Iranians redeemed in Arabian Sea; rescue conducted by same aircraft carrier group Iran warned away from Gulf.

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Egypt nabs 4 Israeli guards in Red Sea

Israelis panic when approached by Egyptian coast guard, dump weapons overboard, arousing suspicions; detainees eventually released.

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Somali pirates grow more daring

Raid in Omani territorial waters, swarming attack on vessel point to new tactics to counter the effects of a multinational naval crackdown.

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Beauty of Rosh Hanikra Islands belies complex reality

Photo gallery: Pirates, illegal fishermen, offshore development taint otherwise idyllic nature reserve on Israel's northern border.

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Four American hostages killed by pirates, US says

2 pirates die in struggle as US naval forces board the 4 US citizens' yacht; American victims die of their wounds.

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Israeli ship escapes pirates in Indian Ocean

"Zim" company ship carrying goods and trying to make its way back to Israel avoids seizure attempt by pirates.

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Israeli ship escapes pirates in Indian Ocean

"Zim" company ship carrying goods and trying to make its way back to Israel avoids seizure attempt by pirates.

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