Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind ...

A Chinese naval fleet including a guided-missile destroyer, missile frigate and comprehensive supply ship set sail earlier ...

The Cayman Islands-flagged MV Stolt Sagaland, which had been coming from Saudi Arabia, had been sailing approximately 332 NM ...

Maritime security companies have alerted shipowners to a renewed threat of pirate activity off Somalia. Africa Risk ...

Somali pirates attacked the Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker Stolt Sagaland in the early morning of November 3 off the coast of ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have ...

Chief mate faked radio conversation with U.S. Navy to scare pirates off ship. April 6, 2010— -- When pirates attacked Capt. Richard Phillips' ship last April, he tried to fend them off by firing ...

The high seas violence seems to be continuing as pirates make their way back to Somalia today with 7 Danish hostages--three of them children--in tow, according to the BBC. The group was captured when ...

This past Tuesday, it was reported that four American hostages aboard a yacht captured by Somali pirates had been shot and killed. Now the BBC reports that the U.S. may try to host a trial for the 15 ...