While the United States isn't specifically required to help North Korea, an important part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing mission ...

They added that the captured vessel opened fire on ... READ MORE: Commercial ship 'is hijacked by pirates' and heading towards Somalia: Crew 'no longer in control' as Spanish warship heads to ...

Back in 2010 the Somalis accounted for nearly all the hijackings. There are still pirates out there, but they are more into robbery than kidnapping.

India, the dominant naval power in the Gulf of Aden and northern Arabian Sea, captured pirates from the cargo ship Ruhen last week, three months after it was hijacked off the coast of Somalia.

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them ... Suuj & Garmaal in Puntland have presented a ship they captured along with 18 crew members, 16 of whom are Chinese citizens.