Khan, 39, was the chief officer of Bangladesh-flagged merchant vessel Abdullah when it was hijacked on March 12, 2024, roughly 550 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. The MV Abdullah was ...

Somali pirates freed hijacked ship MV Abdullah and its crew on Sunday after receiving a $5mn ransom. Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates involved in the hijacking, confirmed the release of the ...

NEW DELHI: Somali pirates freed the hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, on Sunday after a $5 million ransom was paid, as confirmed by two pirates. Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates, told Reuters ...

Fifty Bangladeshi sailors remain stranded in two far-flung foreign ports, grappling with dwindling food and water supplies as their ships have been stuck for months due to mishaps and subsequent legal ...

It was in 2017 when Somali pirates hijacked the Comoros-flagged Aris 13 - their last major attack before a periodof relative calm. Years later, the threat has returned with full force.

The MV Abdullah was sailing from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates with 55,000 tons of coal. Around 10 a.m. local time, an unidentified fishing boat appeared on the radar.