[Update] Weapons Found on Seized N. Korean Ship Were Loaded in Cuba

  Panama seized a North Korean cargo ship it suspects was hiding missile equipment in a shipment of brown sugar from Cuba, after a standoff in which the ship’s captain tried to slit his own throat. The ship was stopped last week as it headed into the Panama Canal and authorities arrested the crew on Monday after finding undeclared missile-shaped…

[Update] Weapons Found on Seized N. Korean Ship Were Loaded in Cuba

  Panama seized a North Korean cargo ship it suspects was hiding missile equipment in a shipment of brown sugar from Cuba, after a standoff in which the ship’s captain tried to slit his own throat. The ship was stopped last week as it headed into the Panama Canal and authorities arrested the crew on Monday after finding undeclared missile-shaped…

Tanker with 20 Crew Members Hijacked by Somali pirates

  Pirates from Somalia struck again on Sunday by hijacking a Turkish-owned oil tanker ship off the western Africa coast. The Malta-flagged tanker vessel, MV Cotton, with its crew of 20 Indian seafarers, was attacked near Port Gentil in Gabon. An official of the Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed the accident. According to the information 6…