End of monsoon season is bringing more aggressive activity by suspected Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. But the US and other navies are hitting back, capturing pirates and sinking their boats.

Somali Pirate ‘Appears Relaxed’ in CourtThe pirate, who has displayed a range of emotions since his arrest for the hijacking of the Maersk ‘Alabama,’ has leveled out. Somali Pirate Is ...

A Somali pirate spokesman says his group will not release a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship loaded with arms for less than $20 million.

The rescue of an American merchant captain held by pirates has unleashed threats of revenge from pirates in Somalia and raised concerns about escalating violence in the region. After U.S. Navy ...

Somali pirate attacks were originally a defensive response to illegal fishing and toxic waste dumping off Somalia's cost. Attacks later evolved into a clan-based, ransom-driven business.

Somali pirates seized control of a chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Friday and a NATO helicopter gunship, too late to prevent the hijacking, picked up three security guards who jumped into ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The body of a Somali pirate who drowned just after receiving a ransom washed onshore with $153,000 in cash, a resident said Sunday, as the spokesman for another group 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. The World Bank estimated that these cost the ...

Somali pirates have released 26 hostages after nearly five years in captivity, according to an organization involved in mediation efforts.

Somalia's increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women - even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages ...