Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

There are cultural exports, and then there is the extending of a helping hand through acts that help define an ethos for the United States. Paired with military “hard power,” this support ...

A US navy ship has rescued a 13-member Iranian crew held hostage by Somali pirates for more than 40 days in the Arabian Sea. The USS Kidd, a guided-missile destroyer, responded after the ...

Somali pirates holding a hijacked ship off the coast of Somalia fired at a U.S. Navy helicopter as it made a surveillance flight over the vessel, the first such attack by pirates on an American ...

Thirteen suspected pirates involved in clashes with the US Navy off the Somali coast on Saturday have been captured, a spokesman for the men says. Saleban Aadan Barqad told the BBC that his men were ...

While other alleged pirates from Somalia have recently been brought ... a merchant ship when they aimed their assault rifles at a US Navy frigate as it patrolled the Indian Ocean in the dead ...

After a North Korean ship was captured by Somali ... Navy, specifically the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS James E. Williams, which was the closest vessel in the area. While the United States ...

Five Somali men accused of firing assault rifles at a Navy ship off the coast of Africa are set to face the first U.S. piracy trial in more than 100 years. The suspected pirates are accused of ...

An attempted hijacking of a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday appears to have been carried out by armed Somali pirates and not ... "It's not clear to us who they were targeting ...

NORFOLK, Va. – A Somali pirate has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in attacking a U.S. Navy ship. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that 31-year-old Mohamed Farah was among seven ...

Two Somali pirates accused of attacking a US Navy warship in 2010 have been sentenced to life in prison, while a third got a lighter sentence for cooperating in another case, The Virginian-Pilot ...

When Somali pirates hijacked ... break down what happens when pirates mess with the wrong ship—one protected by the most powerful military on Earth. Support us directly as we bring you ...