Pirates

Middle Israel: Iran's Strait of Hormuz piracy is a reckless, losing strategy - opinion

Iran’s blockade of Hormuz is reckless militarily and politically, and likely the beginning of the end of the ayatollahs’ quest to impose theocracy on Iran and Iran’s sway over an unsuspecting world.

FROM THE viewpoint of the Iranian people’s economic future, Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is a shot in the foot, the writer argues. Here, ships are anchored in the strait off the port of Bandar Abbas, Iran, this week.
A member of Houthi security forces mans a machine gun mounted on the back of a patrol vehicle at the site of an anti-Saudi rally amid an escalation with the kingdom in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.

Are the Houthis Iran’s last gaming card? – opinion

A Houthi follower rises a weapon as he attends a rally marking one year of Saudi-led air strikes, in Yemen's capital Sanaa.

Red Sea shipping drops after Houthi attacks on Saudi oil sites, data shows

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.

Merchant ship hijacked off Yemen now held by Somali pirates, residents say


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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10 alleged Somali pirates go on trial in Germany

The men were captured aboard the MV Taipan in the Gulf of Aden in April by Dutch marines; they were extradited from the Netherlands to Germany in June.

Al Shabab terrorists in Somalia

Somali pirates free British couple after 388 days

"We are happy to be alive, happy to be here, desperate to see our family, and so happy to be amongst decent, everyday people," Rachel Chandler says.

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Jewmaica

A recent conference on Caribbean Jewry tells the fascinating 500-year story of Jamaica’s Jews.

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