Somali pirates hijacked a U.S. cargo ship—what followed was a daring five-day hostage crisis that ended with three perfect ...

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Pralav Dhyani’s chilling memoir, ‘Hijack’, recounts his experience of being held hostage by Somali pirates for 331 days ...

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.

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 ...

(CNN)-- Pirates have released a Yemeni cargo ship without receiving a ransom after negotiations with local elders, a Somali official said Wednesday. Aliabdi Aware, a minister in the semi ...

Somali pirates, by far the greatest global piracy ... MEND claimed responsibility for shooting four police officers on a boat patrolling the Nembe river in Bayelsa state, while indicating ties ...

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.