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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chinese naval vessels off the Horn of Africa allegedly failed to respond to a distress call from an Israeli-owned tanker that came under attack by Somali pirates ... The United States and an ...

US Navy warships that ... shortly after it joined the Navy's counter-Houthi mission last fall. The missiles came in as it was ...

The United States has said that a group of attackers who tried to seize an Israel-linked cargo ship over the weekend were probably Somali pirates rather ... he added. US Navy forces thwarted ...