November 29, 2025: Earlier this month, about 600 kilometers east of the Somali capital Mogadishu, a chemical tanker was threatened by Somali pirates. In the predawn murk, four Somali gunmen on a speed ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Pirates off the coasts of Somalia have hijacked a commercial vessel for the first time in 18 months, raising fears of a resurgence of armed attacks along the coasts of Somalia.

Resurgent Somali pirates fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as they boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, British officials said. In what is likely the latest assault by ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a tanker carrying gasoline off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, authorities said, likely the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — 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 ...