While exploring a 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, divers discovered “surprising” cargo and weapons that may have helped repel pirates. The remains of the wooden vessel lie off the coast of Maderö Island, a Baltic Sea islet located about 20 miles southeast of Stockholm. Long known to locals, the Maderö wreck was first […]
India has deployed its navy to aid the crew of a ship that was hijacked off Somalia’s coast. The vessel has 15 Indian crew members onboard, Indian media reports say. The crew sent a distress call to a UK marine agency, saying that “five to six unauthorised armed persons” had boarded the ship east of […]
A Phinney Ridge family was hit by a different kind of porch pirate while they were out of town, after a pair of raccoons with expensive tastes tore into a box of food delivered to their doorstep. Video of the raccoons shows them running up to the porch, and then immediately targeting the $95 box […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Navy said Saturday that it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers — likely Somali pirates — in the Arabian Sea. The Maltese-flagged MV Ruen, with a crew of 18, had sent a Mayday message on the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations portal on Thursday […]