A European Union vessel has reached a ship taken by pirates off the coast of Somalia and found all its 24 crew members safe.

Piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the ...

A European naval force is en route to help a ship that was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia, as another vessel ...

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

“After an early show of force of the Pirate Action Group (PAG) abandoned the merchant tanker. The flagship ESPS Victoria with ...

A recent surge in piracy off Somalia has renewed concerns for global shipping routes. The EU naval mission Atalanta thwarted ...

A European Union anti-piracy force has reached the Maltese-flagged merchant tanker Hellas Aphrodite, which pirates had boarded off Somalia on Thursday, the EU naval mission Operation Atalanta said.

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Attackers firing machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded a tanker carrying gasoline off the coast of Somalia on ...

The EU naval mission, Operation ATALANTA, successfully freed the Maltese-flagged tanker Hellas Aphrodite from pirate control off Somalia. All 24 crew members are safe without any reported injuries.

A Malta-flagged tanker heading from Sikka, India, to Durban, South Africa, is targeted by suspected Somali pirates.

Another pirate attack leads to UKMTO warning for shipping to be extra vigilant off the Horn of Africa due to an active pirate cell ...