The Somali pirates are back in action. In late April the Somalis seized an oil tanker and a cargo ship. These attacks involved new groups mostly composed of impoverished young men who are heavily ...

As ships reroute around Africa to avoid Middle East conflict zones, piracy off Somalia is back. The resurgence is driving up insurance, transit times and security costs, putting new pressure on global ...

Somali pirates are profiting from the war in Iran as commercial ships, bypassing conflict routes through lengthy detours ...

Eight Egyptian sailors were kidnapped by Somali pirates from an oil tanker in Yemeni territorial waters, as the kidnappers ...

Somali pirates holding the hijacked tanker Honour 25 have demanded $3 million to release 17 hostages, including 10 Pakistanis ...

Somali pirates have demanded a ransom of three million dollars for the release of seventeen hostages, including ten Pakistanis.During ongoing communication between the pirates and the Ansar Burney ...

The UK's maritime monitor has reported at least four suspected piracy incidents in the past week off the coast of Somalia.

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested an illegal Somali national with a prior piracy-related history, according to a document obtained by the Daily Caller. The Department of ...

In recent days there have been several attacks against vessels sailing off the coast of the African country, including four kidnappings ...

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 ...

MOGADISHU — Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said Tuesday, in the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel on the crucial global ...