On Friday, July 27, an armed security team onboard the MAA SAMUDA KHATUN fired warning shots at two skiffs, avoiding a potential boarding. The MAA SAMUDA KHATUN was sailing in the Red Sea just southwest of Hanish Al Kubra, en route to Suez when 14 men in two skiffs armed with guns and knives
Read moreAt least eight people drowned when an overloaded boat sank in central Indonesia Thursday during a traditional ceremony marking the end of the Idul Fitri holiday, an official said. Thirty-four people were plucked to safety when the wooden boat went down in the afternoon as it traveled from Panjang island to a beach in
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 moreThe Bangladesh Navy has recovered 20 bodies of fishermen who were reportedly killed during a pirate attack. About ten more men are believed to be missing. The bodies were found in the Bay of Bengal where pirates frequent in an effort to rob and kidnap the local fishermen. 17 corpses were found in open
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