It’s a question protagonist Monkey D. Luffy asks in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the immensely popular manga One Piece, and it’s at the heart of recent reconceptions of pirates in popular ...

In our age of conveyor belt IP adaptations, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' reminds us what that kind of film ...

If we think of "pirates" at all these days, we may visualize fictional brigands with bandanas or three-pointed black hats on their heads, wearing black eye-patches and wielding cutlasses, with a ...

Somali pirates want $15 million in ransom money for a Saudi tanker carrying $100 million worth of crude oil. The capture of the Sirius Star, which was taken earlier this month, is the most daring ...

In his new book, Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy and Terror on the High Seas (Dutton), seaman and journalist John Burnett explores the world of highly trained contemporary pirates and maritime ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Modern War: Somalian Pirates The player escorts a variety of civilian ships by either helicopter or by boat. The one and only objective is to use a Gatling ...