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 ...

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.

Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region announced a major offensive against ISIL and a rival group, the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, in December. An initial assessment of Saturday’s air strikes by the US ...

A maritime piracy attack occurred on the night of Jan. 31 in Gabonese waters, highlighting ongoing security concerns in the ...

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.

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...

But the pirates suffered a reversal of fortunes when international navies began to patrol the seas off Somalia and these ... hit the jackpot when a vessel is captured so they can get their cut ...

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 ...

You might have been forgiven for thinking that piracy on the high seas was the stuff of Hollywood movies or historical novels, but Somali pirates have made 92 attacks this year, resulting in 36 ...