Red Sea — A viral social media clip showing armed guards firing at what many online believed were pirates trying to board a cargo ship has turned out to be something much more dangerous — and far more ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, finding all its 24 mariners safe after an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fishermen stand on a beach in the former pirate village of Eyl, in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland, on ...

NAIROBI, KenyaNAIROBI, Kenya — Signaling a new offensive mindset, international military officials vowed Friday to fight the pirates as swarms of Somalis moved into the waters off East Africa. Four ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- The EU Naval Force says Somali pirates have attacked a Spanish fishing vessel in the Indian Ocean by firing a rocket-propelled grenade at the ship. The naval force says the RPG ...

An Australian navy frigate has thwarted a pirate attack on a UK-flagged chemical tanker in the Arabian Sea. The guided-missile frigate HMAS Melbourne steamed to the aid of the tanker CPO China after ...

Pirates were rebuffed when crew opened fire. March 8, 2011 -- The Maersk Alabama was targeted again by suspected Somali pirates today, a U.S. official told ABC News. This is at least the third time ...