When Somali pirates set their sights on a US Navy warship, they’re about to mess with the wrong ship. In this video, we’ll ...

The French tanker La Somme was carrying out routine patrol duties in the Indian Ocean in late 2009 as part of Europe’s ...

The seizure of the Hellas Aphrodite, carrying a load of gasoline from India to South Africa, ended as the European Union naval force came alongside the vessel.

Somali pirates who attacked a chemical tanker operated by a Bermudian-registered company on Monday were forced to turn back, 330 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Reuters has reported. Stolt-Nielsen, ...

The British military says that attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariners safe after an ...

Armed attackers believed to be Somali pirates boarded a Malta-flagged tanker off the coast of Somalia after firing rocket-propelled grenades at it.

Last week, a massive commercial vessel was hijacked 620 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. Formally flagged to Malta, the Hellas Aphrodite is a Greek-owned tanker that was carrying gasoline ...

Pirates were rebuffed when crew opened fire. March 8, 2011 -- The Maersk Alabama was targeted again by suspected Somali pirates today, a U.S. official told ABC News. This is at least the third time ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea seized two Panamanian-registered ships early on Sunday, staging the second attack there in a week, but released them after being intercepted by a ...