U.S. Marines capture pirates with no causalities in first effort of its kind. Sept. 9, 2010— -- U.S. Marines today stormed a German-owned commercial vessel that had been captured by Somali ...

Somali pirates freed an arms-laden Ukrainian ship after a five-month standoff Thursday, speeding off in small boats with a $3.2 million ransom.

Somali pirates last September captured a Ukrainian cargo ship, the MV Faina, loaded to the gunnels with heavy weaponry, including 33 Russian-designed T-72 battle tanks. Since then, American and ...

A Liberian-flagged Greek-owned ship and its crew of 21 Filipinos who were held hostage by pirates for eight months have been released following the payment of a $2.3 million ransom, a Somali pir ...

NEW YORK - A Somali pirate who attacked a U.S.-flagged ship off the coast of Africa in 2009 was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison Wednesday by an emotional judge who said a long sentence ...

The USS Zumwalt, one of the most advanced and expensive warships in the U.S. Navy’s fleet, was patrolling the waters off the ...

A U.S. court has given a life sentence to a Somali pirate convicted of attacking a U.S. naval ship in 2010. Mohamed Farah, 31, and five other pirates shot at the USS Ashland, a huge vessel ...

Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel ...

Somalia's notorious pirates have staged perhaps their most brazen attack yet, ... Somali pirates capture arms-laden ship . Originally published September 27, 2008 at 12:00 am.

Somali pirates seize a British-flagged chemical tanker, taking a merchant ship in the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden for the first time in six months, as well as a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean.

Somali pirates hijacked a German tanker loaded with liquefied petroleum gas Thursday off the Horn of Africa. The ship's 13-man crew was reported safe, even though gunshots were heard over the ship ...

March 12 (UPI) --Somali pirates hijacked a Bangladeshi cargo ship on Tuesday and took more than 20 of the crew hostage. The cargo ship "MV" Abdullah was hijacked while on its way to Al Hamriyah ...