The pirates turned their attention to the illicit trade of drugs, weapons and human trafficking, he said. Over the years, the international response to Somali piracy has predominantly been ...

Suspected Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemeni-flagged fishing boat off the semi-autonomous Puntland region in northeast Somalia, the European Union's anti-piracy naval force said, the second such ...

13 (UPI) --Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades ... Moore reportedly got pulled from his vehicle, beaten with weapons, and drove away in another vehicle to a secluded area where ...

off the town of Eyl in Somalia. The vessel, called the Saytuun-2, was under their control until Saturday, EUNAVFOR said. The pirates had ladders and weapons, suggesting they possibly sought to ...