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Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, officials said.

An international fleet of warships is attacking and destroying Somali pirate vessels closer to the shores of East Africa and ...

Danish special forces stormed a cargo ship Friday after reports that it had been captured by armed Somali pirates, with the forces ...

Somali pirates freed a Greek- flagged tanker carrying 2 million barrels of oil on Monday and witnesses said four pirates were killed in a clash between rival groups over the ransom.

Pirates off Somalia have hijacked two more vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the European Union naval force said today -- making a total of four captured this week.

Somali pirates seized a ship carrying fertilizer from the U.S. in the Indian Ocean and a British-flagged chemical tanker in the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden.

Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the region....

The American-flag ship seized by pirates in April repelled the attack; a captain was killed in a separate incident.

Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple say boats from other countries are plundering ...

U.S. military surveillance drones are patrolling off Somalia's coast for the first time in hopes of stemming a rising piracy trade.