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

Somali piracy has risen sharply adding to maritime shipping threats in a region of the world already dealing with Red Sea chaos caused by Houthi attacks.

The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel has been successfully boarded by Somali pirates. The navy said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the ...

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 ...

On March 15, 2024, an Indian Navy long-range maritime patrol intercepted the Ruen about 260 nautical miles east of Somalia.

Back in 2010 the Somalis accounted for nearly all the hijackings. There are still pirates out there, but they are more into robbery than kidnapping.

Somali Pirates executed four Americans on a Yacht hijacked off the coast of Oman. U.S. special forces immediately stormed the Yacht killing two pirates and detaining 13.

Indian Government reveals how C-17 aircraft airdropped 18 commandos near Somali coast to capture a pirate-controlled ship in 10-hour mission | One of India's leading Digital News Agency offering ...

The ship and its crew were hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, a territory in Somalia's northeast. The pirates who took the ship later ...