Month: May 2017

  • UN warns on Hodeidah attack

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    Pressure continues to be placed on Saudi coalition. Attack on Yemeni port would displace at least 400,000 – U.N. An attack on Yemen’s Hodeidah port would displace more than 400,000 […]

  • Somalia gets support

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    Somalia desperate for arms embargo lift. Somalia signs security pact with backers at London talks Somalia has signed a security pact with the international community aimed at building a national […]

  • US warns on Sulu-Celebes

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    Threat to crews from Abu Sayyaf still there, says US. After Palawan, US govt sounds terror alarm in Sulu BY AL JACINTO ZAMBOANGA CITY: The United States has advised ships […]

  • Aid shipments to Yemen

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    Hodeidah port still under Houthi control. Arab Coalition Says Preparing Alternatives to Yemen Port for Urgent Aid DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it was determined […]

  • Migrant rescue spat

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    Incident occurred about 30 km north of the Libyan coast. Libya Coastguard NGO vessel in altercation Libya’s coastguard intercepted nearly 500 migrants on a wooden boat and returned them to […]

  • India, US discuss marsec cooperation

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    Keeping an eye on China… India, US discuss maritime security cooperation India and the US discussed maritime cooperation in the second round of the India-US Maritime Security Dialogue, the External […]

  • UN: 250 migrants missing

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    Large spike in crossings sees more fatalities. Migrant crisis: UN says 250 missing in shipwrecks Nearly 250 people are feared drowned after two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean over the […]

  • Joint patrols for Malacca

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    Didn’t make it as far as the Philippines… Joint Patrol in Malacca Strait Conducted by Indonesia, Malaysia Indonesian and Malaysian military personnel are conducting joint patrol and [exercise] code named […]

  • Malaysia looks to the skies

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    Any spare planes, guv? Malaysia reportedly asks Japan for Lockheed-made P-3 Orion aircraft By: Mike Yeo MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia has reportedly asked Japan for some of its retired Lockheed Martin P-3 […]

  • Somalia, EU anti-piracy talks

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    Recent attacks prompt meeting. Somalia, EU mull ways of enhancing maritime security The Somali government and the European Union (EU) have held talks on strengthening the Horn of Africa nation’s […]

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