The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...

Three hours later, the Panamanian-flagged Navio Apollon, with 19 crew members and carrying fertilizer from the United States to India, was seized by pirates off the southern coast of Somalia.

However, Somali pirate attacks have resumed at a greater pace over the last year, in part due to the insecurity caused by Yemen's Houthi rebels launching their attacks in the Red Sea corridor over ...

(CNN) -- Somali pirates released a Ukrainian ship Thursday carrying tanks, ammunition and crew after receiving a ransom of $3.2 million, a spokesman for the ship's owner said. Mikhail Voitenko told ...

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, the third such attack in recent weeks, authorities said Monday. In a statement, a European naval force ...

Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates said, bringing the first hijacking since 2012 to an unusually ...

Somali pirates holding a Panama-flagged vessel hijacked last month with goods destined for Somaliland have called for fellow pirates in jails in the breakaway enclave to be freed in return for the ...

More than 40 ships were hijacked in the first 11 months of this year. These photographs show the moment Somali pirates tried to take over a Chinese cargo ship off the East African coast, Wednesday.

Pirates hijacked a Turkish ship with 20 crew off the coast of Somalia but at least six other ships have fended off pirate attacks in the last two days, officials said Thursday.

The ships aim to provide a secure corridor through the region — the “I-95 between Yemen and Somalia,” says Frodl — and go after suspected pirates, with U.S. surveillance drones over the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have seized another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said. In a statement late Tuesday, a European naval force ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, the third such attack in recent weeks, authorities said Monday.