{
  "id": 1561295,
  "title": "DCOC States agree to set up Combined Task Force to protect shipping from piracy in Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/dcoc-states-agree-to-set-up-combined-task-force-to-protect-shipping",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T21:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/dcoc-states-agree-to-set-up-combined-task-force-to-protect-shipping-from-piracy-in-western-indian-ocean-and-gulf-of-aden/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Signatory States of the Djibouti Code of Conduct/Jeddah Amendment have agreed to set up a Combined DCoC Task Force, to protect shipping from the resurgence of piracy in the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. The task force will provide a practical regional mechanism through which willing Signatory States can conduct coordinated maritime operations ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}