Resurgent Somali pirates fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as they boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, British officials said. In what is likely the latest assault by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pirates have hijacked a vessel off the Somali coast. This is why they are making a resurgence Pirates off the coast of Somalia ...

European Union naval forces have rescued 24 sailors from a Maltese-flagged oil tanker that was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The Hellas Aphrodite, carrying petrol from India to South ...

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 ...

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 ...

An EU warship secured the crew of an oil products tanker on Friday after it was attacked by pirates off Somalia, its operator and a European Union naval mission said, as worries grow over a resurgence ...

A recent e-mail appeal from Mercy Corps uses a headline-grabbing event to focus donors’ attention on its work. “There’s more to Somalia than piracy,” reads e-mail’s subject line. “You’ve probably been ...