Hijacking

Hijacking

• 

  Piracy group: Make sure Somali pirates aren't paid

  A U.K.-led Piracy Ransom Task Force says the shipping industry must adopt additional measures to ensure that payments aren't made to pirates after a ... 

• Nigeria navy retakes hijacked oil tanker off coast

  Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook an oil tanker hijacked off the country's largest city, freeing 23 Indian sailors held hostage by pirates who fled ... 

• 

  Amsterdam false alarm revives hijacking memories

  It was once the nightmare of air travelers the world over: a passenger jet parked in a remote corner of an airport surrounded by armed police and ... 

• Somali Pirates kill hostage over delayed ransom

  Somali pirates who have been holding a hijacked ship for nearly two years killed a Syrian hostage crew member and wounded another to protest delayed ... 

• Media: Plane from Spain to Amsterdam not hijacked

  Spanish airline Vueling says that fears that one of its planes was hijacked en route from Malaga in Spain to Schiphol Airport were unfounded. 

• Reports: Plane from Spain to Amsterdam hijacked

  Dutch media are reporting that a passenger plane has possibly been hijacked en route from Malaga in Spain to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. 

• 

  Top court relaxes rules for army ops in Germany

  The German government can call upon the army to use force inside the country, but only in exceptional cases and as a last resort, Germany's top court ... 

• China: Plane hijacking foiled in west, 6 detained

  Passengers and crew foiled a hijacking attempt by six people on a plane in China's far-western Xinjiang region Friday, a regional airline and state ... 

• 

  2 South Africans freed from Somali pirates

  A South African and Italian couple held hostage for 20 months after being kidnapped by Somali pirates have been freed, Somalia's defense minister said ...