NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have fled a Yemeni fishing boat they seized off the Horn of Africa and operated for five days, authorites said Monday. In a statement, a ...

Officials confirm that the yacht has been taken by pirates in the Indian Ocean. Feb. 19, 2011 — -- U.S. officials confirm that a yacht with four Americans aboard has been seized by Somali pirates ...

Somalia's U.N. Mission said Friday that pirates hijacked a yacht carrying four U.S. citizens in the Indian Ocean off the Somali coast. Omar Jamal, first secretary at the Somali mission, identified the ...

* Pirates say ready to defend themselves * Some Somali elders want couple released By Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Somali pirates holding two Britons captive aboard a yacht off the coast ...

* Distress signal picked up early on Friday * EU Navy says similar yacht spotted near Somali coast * Seychelles coastguard, foreign navies search for yacht (Adds yacht spotted by EU forces) By Abdi ...