For weeks, an unpleasant dream haunted Md Atik Ullah Khan. In his sleep, he heard machine guns and saw himself stuck in a ...

Suspected Somali pirates have fled a Yemeni fishing boat they seized off the Horn of Africa and operated for five days, ...

Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat near the Horn of Africa. This marks an increase in pirate attacks, a decade after piracy peaked and vastly affected the global economy. Current ...

Piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011 when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region at the time cost the world’s economy some $7 billion — with $160 million paid out in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have seized a Yemeni fishing boat off the Horn of Africa, authorities said late Monday. A European naval operation in the Mideast, known as ...

At their peak in 2011, piracy incidents off the coast of Somalia reached a record high of 237, costing the global economy $7 billion that year, according to one report. More than 3,863 seafarers ...