Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy had declined. A main ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

"Ships came and took all our equipment and ... Adado, a town in central Somalia where pirates once invested, earned the nicknamed "Blue City" because their newly built mansions often had blue ...

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads ... The regional authorities held no sway - and the local police force was too scared to enter the town. Pirates kept their hijacked ships ...