NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Red Sea following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship in the Gulf of Aden earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the semiautonomous region of Puntland, Abdullahi Mohamed Ahmed, told The Associated Press that patrols in the waters … Read more
By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said maritime disputes should be resolved through talks and warned against “camp” confrontations, but stopped short of naming the United States, days before an expected meeting between the countries’ leaders. The Philippines, Japan and the United States have complained about what they say is … Read more
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The United Nations’ high court docket on Thursday rejected a case introduced by Nicaragua in a decades-long dispute with Colombia over maritime borders and entitlements within the Caribbean. The Worldwide Courtroom of Justice dismissed Nicaragua’s bid to achieve financial rights over an space of the Caribbean Sea that lies greater than … Read more