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

Somali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi cargo ship on Tuesday and took more than 20 of the crew hostage. The cargo ship "MV" Abdullah was hijacked while on its way to Al Hamriyah port in the United ...

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy had declined. A main reason for this was the entry of international navies sent into Somali ...

This behaviour is in stark contrast to the bravado of the pirates who used to strut around this charming, ancient port nestled between arid mountains on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast. It has ...

January 23, 2025: The Somali pirates are back in action. It’s been eleven years since the last outbreak of piracy in the Red Sea. Violence against commercial shipping in the Red Sea region began in ...

“One white small boat with six people on board approached the port [left] side ... under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year ...

Earlier this week, pirates attacked seven Indian vessels and held nearly 100 sailors bound for Dubai in captivity off Kismayo in southern Somalia ... miles from the port of Aden in Yemen.

The pirates may take the vessel to the Somalia coast around 2 pm (Bangladesh ... carrying coal from Mozambique's Maputo port to Al Hamriyah Port in the UAE, around noon. MV Abdullah is owned ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Some of the one hundred convicted Somali pirates serving jail terms at the Shimo La Tewa ...

On December 14, 2023, Somali Pirates hijacked the Ruen at a location about 380 nautical miles east of Socotra Island, in the Arabian Sea. They took 17 crew members hostage and sailed the vessel ...