The French tanker La Somme was carrying out routine patrol duties in the Indian Ocean in late 2009 as part of Europe’s ...

A European Union naval force on Friday reached a Malta-flagged tanker earlier attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, ...

Somali pirates who attacked a chemical tanker operated by a Bermudian-registered company on Monday were forced to turn back, 330 nautical miles east of Mogadishu, Reuters has reported. Stolt-Nielsen, ...

European Union naval forces have rescued 24 sailors from a Maltese-flagged oil tanker that was attacked by pirates off the ...

The British military says that attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia.

Last week, a massive commercial vessel was hijacked 620 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. Formally flagged to Malta, ...

Armed attackers believed to be Somali pirates boarded a Malta-flagged tanker off the coast of Somalia after firing rocket-propelled grenades at it.

Pirates off the coast of Somalia took the fight to NATO this week, attacking the organization’s counterpiracy flagship with sustained volleys from sea and shore, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers ...

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 ...

COTONOU (Reuters) - Pirates in the Gulf of Guinea seized two Panamanian-registered ships early on Sunday, staging the second attack there in a week, but released them after being intercepted by a ...