When Somali pirates hijacked the Maersk Alabama ... Watch as we break down what happens when pirates mess with the wrong ship—one protected by the most powerful military on Earth.

After a North Korean ship was captured by Somali pirates on the Horn ... medical care before being returned. The pirates were detained and their skiffs destroyed. Boarding team members from ...

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them ... often waking up to find their boats riddled with bullets ...

(CNN)-- Pirates hijacked three ships off the coast of Somalia on Thursday in the "worst number of attacks" in one day in many years, an international maritime watchdog said. "Four attacks in two ...

The ship is flying under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year, reaping an estimated $1 million in ransom for each successful ...

(CNN)-- A multi-national maritime piracy task force said Monday that the crew of a British Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship ... and destroyed a suspected pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia, sending ...

In a statement, a European naval force known as EUNAVFOR Atalanta said the pirates targeted the ship Sunday off the town of Eyl in Somalia. It identified the vessel as a Yemeni-flagged dhow ...

In December 2023, a month after the Iran-backed Houthi rebels started striking merchant ships, Somali pirates hijacked MV ... Houthi attacks in the Red Sea destroyed the equilibrium that was ...

including cruise ships'. The biggest piracy hotspot is in Somalia and where they are more likely to pose a real threat, according to Lehr. 'Somali pirates kept us busy for a while between about ...

After avoiding dangerous routes at the height of the crisis, ships have started ... on the north coast of Somalia. It's not clear how these groups will interact with the pirates, but there are ...