With a Russian frigate closing in and a half-dozen U.S. warships within shouting distance, the pirates holding a tanker off Somalia's coast might appear to have no other choice than to wave the ...

An Iranian fishing vessel, Almeraj 1, was reportedly hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2023. According to media reports, the pirates demanded US$400… ...

In April 2009, four Somali pirates hijacked the cargo ship MV Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean and held its captain Richard Phillips ransom for $2 million. Instead, the U.S. Navy managed to ...

Over the weekend, the Indian Navy intercepted and freed the Ruen, which was sailing under Malta's flag, ... Somali pirates launched 237 attacks and held hundreds of hostages, ...

THE PENTAGON – An attack on a commercial shipping vessel, sailing under a Liberian flag but linked to an Israel businessman, was likely conducted by Somali pirates, the Pentagon press secretary ...

The waterways off Somalia include some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. Each year, an estimated 20,000 vessels, carrying everything from furniture and apparel to grains and fuel, pass ...

That year alone, Somali pirates carried out 212 attacks. The World Bank estimated that these cost the world economy US$18 billion. In a recent analysis , we concluded that a range of anti-piracy ...

Writing in Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain recalled that when he was a boy, "Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates." The scourge of ...

Somali piracy was a major threat to the region and the world economy at its height in 2011. That year alone, Somali pirates carried out 212 attacks, costing the world economy Sh2.8 trillion.

Over the weekend, the Indian Navy intercepted and freed the Ruen, which was sailing under Malta's flag, ... Somali pirates launched 237 attacks and held hundreds of hostages, ...