Maritime security companies have alerted shipowners to a renewed threat of pirate activity off Somalia. Africa Risk ...

A Chinese naval fleet including a guided-missile destroyer, missile frigate and comprehensive supply ship set sail earlier ...

China sends task force to deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean to train personnel, test ships and equipment in harsh ocean ...

Hapag-Lloyd: Involves 246 passengers, most of crew aboard MS Columbus Prompted by travel warning for the area issued by German Foreign Ministry United States, UK advise those traveling near Somali ...

Last month Russia captured a pirate vessel with 29 people on board after it tried to seize a Liberian-flagged ship with a Russian crew. Somali gangs have made millions of dollars in ransom by seizing ...

MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. military officials said Wednesday that a Navy ship recently fired on pirates who overtook a Danish vessel off Somalia's coast. The USS Carter Hall, part of a U.S. task force ...

He’s eternally anchored in gratitude. Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali Pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing ...

South Africa borders three major oceans: the Indian, Atlantic, and Southern Oceans, and is one of the ‘gateways’ to ...

India, Oct. 5 -- As the world watches the Pakistan-Saudi defence pact take shape, another MoU involving Islamabad is stirring unease-this time thousands of kilometres away in the Horn of Africa.

A combat veteran in Clarksville, Tennessee, has created a life-size pirate ship as a Halloween display in his front yard.Bionner Puerta, an Army combat veteran, built the ship by hand, piece by piece.