While the United States isn't specifically required to help North Korea, an important part of the U.S. Navy's ongoing mission ...

After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

Back in 2010 the Somalis accounted for nearly all the hijackings. There are still pirates out there, but they are more into robbery than kidnapping.

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads to hide their faces glance around furtively as they walk into the room for a secret meeting to tell me why they have recently decided to ...

Somali pirates have released a Chinese-owned fishing vessel, the Liaoning Daping 578, three months after hijacking it. The ...

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 ...

A Chinese fishing boat hijacked by armed Somali robbers at the end of November has been released and is travelling home. The ...

The Chinese Embassy in Somalia says a fishing vessel hijacked off the Somali coast in November has been set free with its 18-member crew ...

Somali piracy has risen sharply adding to maritime shipping threats in a region of the world already dealing with Red Sea chaos caused by Houthi attacks.

A Chinese-owned fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia's coast in November has been freed with its 18-member crew. The Chinese ...

Hijackers are once again targeting ships off Somalia's coast and a recent spike in attacks has brought back memories from more than a decade ago. That was when armed Somali pirates scoured the ...