Later that day, armed pirates forcefully boarded the ship off the coast of Africa and took the crew hostage. For the ...

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 ...

In a statement, a European naval force known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta said the pirates targeted the ship Sunday off the town of Eyl in Somalia. It identified the vessel as a Yemeni-flagged dhow ...

Piracy off the coast of Somalia has more than doubled this year, threatening to make international trade more expensive and offering terrorists a new source of income, says a report released Wednesday ...

Somali pirates with links to Al Qaeda have released the Bangladesh-flagged cargo ship MV Abdullah and its 23 crew members after receiving a ransom payment of $5 million, locals and officials in ...

(CNN)-- Pirates captured a Belgian ship and said they were taking it to the coast of Somalia after the vessel was reported missing early Saturday, NATO and pirate sources told CNN. The Pompei ...

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As the ship neared the tanker, El Haroun was given a megaphone. He saw the Somali pirates in a small wooden boat and delivered the commands in Arabic. “You’re hearing the U.S. Navy,” he said.

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At the start of 2025 the UN authorized a new peacekeeping force of 11,900 troops. In February the U.S. carried out airstrikes against Islamic terrorists in Puntland, which is in northern Somalia.