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 ...

Two Somali pirates, including one from Minnesota, have been sentenced 30 years in prison for holding an American journalist hostage for more than three years. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice ...

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 ...

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 ...