The Indian Navy thwarted plans by Somali pirates to hijack commercial vessels by rescuing MV Ruen in a 40-hour-long anti-piracy mission, with video showing the pirates shooting at the commandos.

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

The European Union and Indian navies have taken over a ship used by pirates off the coast of Somalia to seize a Malta-flagged ...

An armed Somali pirate along the coastline while a Greek cargo ship in the distance is held by pirates - MOHAMED DAHIR/AFP/Getty Images/AFP One Bangladeshi sailor apologised to his family before the ...

Images released by Yemen's Houthi group on Nov. 20 show a Houthi militant as they Hijack a cargo ship near Yemen in the southern Red Sea. On Tuesday, a Bangladeshi cargo shipped was hijacked by Somali ...

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 ...

Incident comes one week after authorities raised their piracy threat assessment following the abduction of a dhow ...

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 ...

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 ...

* 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 ...

BOSSASO, Somalia, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Somali pirates released a Japanese ship and its 21-member crew on Friday after a $2 million ransom was paid three months after it was captured off the coast of ...

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 port ...