Somali Pirates executed four Americans on a Yacht hijacked off the coast of Oman. U.S. special forces immediately stormed the Yacht killing two pirates and detaining 13.

Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and holding him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEAN-MARC MOJON A Somali, part armed militia, part pirate, carries his high-caliber weapon on a beach in the central Somali town of Hobyo on August 20, 2010. Hobyo has no ...

Some of the one hundred convicted Somali pirates serving jail terms at the Shimo La Tewa Maximum Security Prison in Mombasa County. [File, Standard] Somali piracy was a major threat to the region ...

Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged vessel and its 23-member crew after a ransom was reportedly paid. The MV Abdullah was carrying coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates ...

Pirates have been operating off Somalia's coast for about two decades Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged vessel and its 23-member crew after a ransom was reportedly paid.

Nov. 13 (UPI) --Two Somali pirates were sentenced to three decades in prison over the kidnapping of an American journalist held in captivity for nearly 1,000 days, the U.S. Department of Justice ...