Somali piracy has risen sharply adding to maritime shipping threats in a region of the world already dealing with Red Sea chaos caused by Houthi attacks.

After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

This behaviour is in stark contrast to the bravado of the pirates who used to strut around this charming, ancient port nestled between arid mountains on Somalia’s Indian Ocean coast. It has ...

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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.

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy had declined. A main reason for this was the entry of international navies sent into Somali ...

January 23, 2025: The Somali pirates are back in action. It’s been eleven years since the last outbreak of piracy in the Red Sea. Violence against commercial shipping in the Red Sea region began in ...

On March 15, 2024, an Indian Navy long-range maritime patrol intercepted the Ruen about 260 nautical miles east of Somalia.

The ship and its crew were hijacked in late November and taken to Xaafuun district in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland, a territory in Somalia's northeast. The pirates who took the ship later ...