The South Korean navy on Friday stormed a ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, rescuing all 21 crew members and killing eight pirates, military officials said.
Greek immigration Minister Christos Papoutsis has defended plans to block part of its border with Turkey, to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing into the EU.
Germany’s first pirate trials in some four centuries began Monday with the prosecution of 10 Somali men, who allegedly tried to commandeer a German container ship in April.
