MOMBASA, Kenya - Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's ...

A Chinese naval fleet including a guided-missile destroyer, missile frigate and comprehensive supply ship set sail earlier ...

* Somali pirates seize ship carrying weapons * Also attack oil tanker north east of Seychelles * EU force says that attack furthest yet from Somalia * Gunmen expect Spain to free jailed colleagues ...

Somali pirates captured four ships and took more than 60 crew members hostage in a brazen hijacking spree, while the American captain freed from their grip planned to reunite with his crew and fly ...

The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off Somalia issued an ultimatum Friday and threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said. The MV Faina ...

Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation. Here is a list of ships under the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. military officials said the kidnapped captain of the U.S. container ship seized by Somali pirates has been rescued, according to a statement by the shipping company ...

The multiple hijackings indicate piracy remains a serious problem a year after first incidents. LONDON — A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters ...

Two cargo ships were the latest victims of a hijacking attempt. Pirates free a food freighter. NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates in speedboats opened fire Monday on two cargo ships in the latest ...

"Right now we are trying to offer them whatever we can, food. It's not working too good," Quinn said. He said the crew was communicating with the captain by radio. The company that operates the ship ...

Striking into the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates seized a British-flagged chemical tanker - the first merchant vessel to be hijacked there in nearly six months, the same day that a ...

(Reuters) - Somali Pirates on Wednesday hijacked the Russian Oil Tanker MV Moscow University 350 miles off the coast of Yemen. Here is a list of ships under the control of Somali pirates: * SOCOTRA 1: ...