A Bulgarian-owned cargo vessel sailing under the Maltese flag was boarded in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Yemen on Thursday, Bulgarian National TV (BNT) has reported. The incident comes amid repeated attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels on shipping in the region, prompting the US to take countermeasures. Details on the current whereabouts of the vessel, the Ruen, remain unclear. However, the Navigation... 

An Israeli merchant ship has reportedly been hit by an “unknown weapon,” causing the vessel to catch fire in the northern Indian Ocean. The incident comes amid rising tensions between Jerusalem and Tehran. Lebanese media outlet Al-Mayadeen reported the attack on Saturday, citing “reliable sources,” and posted a picture of the damaged vessel with black smoke billowing from a fire on one side... 

The approximately 100 nonwhite invaders who failed in their attempt to invade Europe from Libya and were picked up from their sinking boat by a passing container ship going to back to North Africa, have been forced ashore by Libyan police after refusing to disembark. According to a report in the Information Nigeria news service, the violent invaders had occupied the lower decks, forcing the captain... 

Pirates seize cargo ship off Somalia’s coast with 12 Ukrainians onboard. The European Union’s anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have hijacked a cargo ship carrying steel bars and wires off the coast of Somalia. The force said in a statement that the MV Lugela sent a distress call to its Greek operator Saturday when pirates attacked it about 900 nautical miles east of the Somali pirate... 

A Somali teenager arrived to face what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century, smiling but saying nothing as he was led into a federal building under heavy guard. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain, was to appear in a courtroom Tuesday on what were expected to be piracy and hostage-taking...