A European naval force in the Mideast helped free a Yemeni fishing boat seized by suspected Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa ...

(U.S. Navy) Piracy was big business in Somalia in 2007. In that year alone, pirates attacked 19 commercial ships and successfully ransomed 12 of them. With foreign vessels illegally overfishing in ...

The Liao Dong Yu was “liberated”, the European Union’s Atalanta naval force (EUNAVFOR) said in a social media post, citing ...

But over the next three years that all changed. By 2013 attacks on ships by Somali pirates had declined 95 percent from the 2010 peak. The rapid collapse of the Somali pirates since 2010 began back in ...

“We are not pirates. We are a community under siege ... is increasingly “under attack” by foreign ships. Some community members in the coastal towns of semi-autonomous Puntland agree.

The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks on ships since November 2023 and have sunk two vessels, seized another and killed at least four seafarers. The intensity of attacks has disrupted ...

Majima then takes his crew to invade and proceeds to attack its crewmates in the traditional ... I’m glad to see that the pirate ship traversal is an option, as it better sells the truly wild ...

Mogadishu (Commentary ) — One month ago, Mogadishu welcomed Mohamed Abdi (aka Afweyne), a former pirate kingpin. He served ...