DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as ...

“If the people don’t unite against them, the pirates will become even more powerful – like the armed groups at war with the Somali government,” Jama Isse said. However, for some – like ...

The rapid collapse of the Somali pirates since 2010 began back in 2009 when 80 seafaring nations formed the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. The most visible aspect of this was an ...

After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

An emerging set of maritime security challenges, including cyber threats and the targeting of undersea cables, is joining the ...

The Chinese Navy announced that one of its warships successfully foiled a potential pirate attack targeting a commercial vessel transiting the Gulf of Aden in the Red Sea. In a statement issued on ...

Analysis - The rampant exploitation of yellowfin tuna threatens Somali livelihoods and could affect global food security.

Cases of piracy along Somalia’s coastline have often surged in recent months, with the groups soliciting huge amounts of money from their victims. But generally, the cases are not as significant as in ...

1945 -- The Korean provisional government declares war against Japan and Germany. 1967 -- The Status of Forces Agreement, which governs the rights and responsibilities of U.S. troops stationed in ...

Somalia and other regions with political instability ... and governance creates an environment that is conducive to pirate groups. The international naval coalitions were able to stop piracy ...