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 ...

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

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

The ship is flying under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year, reaping an estimated $1 million in ransom for each successful ...

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.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The crew of a German-owned tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates two months ago in ...

When the ship doesn’t stop ... Adado, a town in central Somalia where pirates once invested, earned the nicknamed "Blue City" because their newly built mansions often had blue-painted iron ...

“We are not pirates. We are a community under siege ... told Al Jazeera by phone from the ship that after the Somali guards were disarmed, the group “seized three AK-47s and three black ...