The pirates hijacked an Italian- flagged tugboat carrying 10 Italians, 5 Romanians and a Croatian on Saturday.

Pirates have seized a US-owned and Italian- flagged tugboat with 16 crew in the latest hijacking in the busy Gulf of Aden waterway.

- Pirates seized a U.S.-owned and Italian- flagged tugboat with 16 crew on board, 10 of them Italian nationals.