KINABATANGAN (Sabah), Feb 24 (Bernama) -- A skipper and a crew of four escaped unhurt after being shot several times by five armed men on a boat in the waters off Segama, near here Friday.

TUBAN, Indonesia

Indonesia on Friday released 695 Vietnamese fishermen who were detained after straying into its waters.

BANGKOK, March 28 (TNA) - Six more Thai fishermen stranded in Indonesia are expected to return home next week after 21 of them arrived home Friday night following an assistance given by the Thai go

Jayapura, Papua, Jan 22 (Antara) - Nguyen Trong Nhan (24), the skipper of a Vietnamese-flagged Thanh Cong boat who was arrested by marine police of Raja Ampat, West Papua, for allegedly co

Tehran, Aug 5, IRNA – A group of 15 Iranian fishermen jailed in Qatar have been freed with the help of Iranian Embassy in Doha.

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, April 16 (Antara) - A group of fishermen on Sabu island in East Nusa Tenggara province saved 20 dolphins which were washed ashore on Wuihebo beach on Monday, official ha

Islamabad, March 18, IRNA - Pakistan has summoned a senior Indian diplomat and a formal protest was lodged over the recent arrest of its fishermen who were within Pakistani waters.

New Delhi, March 8, IRNA -- Seventeen Indian fishermen were Friday repatriated from Sri Lanka, a day after Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the

Islamabad, May 18, IRNA – Pakistan interim Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, has decided to release 51 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a gesture of goodwill, the Prime Minister’s of

New Delhi, Aug 7, IRNA -- Days after a Tamil Nadu fisherman was killed by US navy personnel off Dubai coast, the US has announced a solatium to his next of kin amid an understanding that it would n