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 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The EU Naval Force says Somali pirates have attacked a Spanish fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean by firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the ship. The naval force says the RPG ...

The Mexican navy says two Italian crew members were wounded in an attack by armed assailants who boarded their ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The pirate attack was apparently carried out by several armed ...

While Somalia coast pirate attacks are still dropping, the number of West African-area incidents is rising and other attacks around the globe continue, say those who track such crimes. The persistence ...

Pirates off the coast of Somalia took the fight to NATO this week, attacking the organization’s counterpiracy flagship with sustained volleys from sea and shore, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers ...

Do Somali pirates have a vendetta against the Maersk Alabama? They kidnapped the American ship's captain last April, and on Wednesday they went in for a second attack. This time, however, the Maersk ...

The vessel's operator Stolt-Nielsen confirmed there was an attempted attack on the Stolt Sagaland. "Our crew are all safe, having responded swiftly and professionally to the incident," it said.