Armed assailants attacked a commercial tanker off the coast of Mogadishu on Monday, firing at the vessel after attempting to board the ship in the first suspected Somali piracy incident of its kind ...

Armed assailants attempted a piracy attack on the Stolt Sagaland off the Somali coast, marking the first such incident since 2024. The Cayman Islands-flagged vessel evaded the attack thanks to its ...

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker on Monday have released the ship and its eight Sri Lankan crew, officials say. It came after a gunfight between naval forces from the semi-autonomous state of ...

Maritime security companies have alerted shipowners to a renewed threat of pirate activity off Somalia. Africa Risk ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked another Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, the third such attack in recent weeks, authorities said Monday. In a ...

Raid on Kenyan tourist spa is latest sign of pirates' growing reach. Sept. 14, 2011 — -- High seas pirates, which have preyed on tankers and cargo ships, are expanding and becoming an increasing ...