The Nigerian navy killed 12 pirates in a gun battle as they tried to flee from a fuel tanker they hijacked off the coast of the Gulf of Guinea last week, the navy said on Monday. Pirates took control of the St. Kitts and Nevis-flagged MT Notre on Aug. 15, but an emergency signal was sent to the navy and several gunships
Read moreThe countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will speak as one to convince China to negotiate a binding agreement on conduct in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a stand that was reached after initial discord on the contentious issue. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Saturday ministers
Read morePassenger vessel Polesie-8 and a barge collided in the Irtysh River, 10 kilometers off the Russian city of Omsk, on Saturday at about 1:20 p.m. local time. Initial reports stated that 4 people were killed and more than 30 injured in the accident. The Polesie was traveling from Omsk to Achir. Near the village
Read moreA ferry with nearly 700 people aboard sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu on Friday night after colliding with a cargo vessel, and a survivor said he saw bodies in the sea. The captain of the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas ordered the ship abandoned after it began listing and then sank after
Read moreIndia’s navy said on Friday divers had found the bodies of three sailors who were on board a submarine badly damaged by a fire and explosions and that it was unlikely any of 15 other missing crew members would be found alive. Eighteen sailors were missing after weapons stored in the forward section of
Read moreThe countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will speak as one to convince China to negotiate a binding agreement on conduct in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), a stand that was reached after initial discord on the contentious issue. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said Saturday ministers
Read moreEight tribesmen from a remote part of Indonesia are feared drowned after a killer whale they harpooned pulled their boat down. Four of the 12 hunters on board the wooden boat managed to swim to the shore, but their companions went down with the flimsy vessel after the whale at first dragged the vessel
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