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The Danish oil tanker seized by pirates has been located in the Gulf of Guinea but a part of its crew has been kidnapped, the ship’s owner Monjasa said Friday. The Monjasa Reformer, which had 16 crew on board when it was boarded by…
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen were accused on Thursday of trying to hijack one of the world’s most famous racing yachts in the Red Sea off the coast of Hodeidah. Attackers in three fast-moving skiffs and armed with…
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The Houthis on Saturday criticized the UN Security Council for demanding they release a hijacked UAE-flagged ship. Militia official Hussein Al-Azzi Houthi rejected the UN’s calls to free the ship and repeated claims it had been carrying…
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The hijacking of a UAE-flagged cargo ship off the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah is a “flagrant violation” of the principles of international law, the Arab coalition said on Tuesday. The Rawabi had been transporting medical equipment from…
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The Arab coalition on Monday demanded the immediate release of a UAE-flagged cargo ship that the Houthi militia hijacked off the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on Sunday, or face the prospect of a “use force if necessary.” “The terrorist…
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Ali Atwa, a senior Hezbollah operative who was on the FBI’s most wanted list for his role in one of the most notorious plane hijackings in aviation history, has died, the Lebanese militant group said Saturday. Atwa, who was believed…
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Forces linked to Iran hijacked a tanker on Tuesday in the Arabian Sea off the coast of the UAE. The Panama-flagged asphalt/bitumen tanker Asphalt Princess was seized 60 nautical miles off Fujairah on the UAE’s east coast, in an area of…
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The White House announced Friday it will impose sanctions on Belarus after it diverted a European flight and arrested a dissident on board. Press Secretary Jen Psaki, in a statement outlining the punitive measures, called the May 23…
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A fraudulent Netflix app which took control of users’ WhatsApp accounts has been spreading on Google’s Play Store. The “FlixOnline” app claimed that it would let users access Netflix content from multiple regions on their phones.…
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