Minutes later, 12 pirates came onboard, fired rounds, took control of the ship and held its crew hostage. After almost a decade of hibernation, Somali pirates have resurfaced. Their reemergence ...

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, the third such attack in recent weeks.

Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing vessel near Puntland, Somalia, marking the second such incident in recent months. Seven pirates took control of the boat with eight crew members ...

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 ...

Attacks rose by fourteen percent towards the end of last year, largely around the territorial waters off Somalia. According to the International Maritime Bureau, pirates attack different kinds of ...

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force said, the second such ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast ...

MOGADISHU, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Suspected Somali pirates have abandoned a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat that was seized last week in the latest attack in the piracy-infested waters off the Somali ...