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 ...

Indian Government reveals how C-17 aircraft airdropped 18 commandos near Somali coast to capture a pirate-controlled ship in ...

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

The details of a daring operation in low-light conditions by Indian forces to rescue 17 crew of a merchant ship near the ...

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.

"Ships came and took all our equipment and ... Adado, a town in central Somalia where pirates once invested, earned the nicknamed "Blue City" because their newly built mansions often had blue ...

From ship-owners who have had to pay ransoms to ... Pirate fisherman provide cheap fish for home markets and Somali pirates support their towns and villages. That raises a key question: is helping ...

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 ...