When Somali pirates set their sights on a US Navy warship, they’re about to mess with the wrong ship. In this video, we’ll ...

Resurgent Somali pirates fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades as they boarded a ship off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, British officials said. In what is likely the latest assault by ...

Two experienced sailors were discovered deceased aboard their yacht in the Mozambique Channel last week after issuing a distress call, according to The Guardian. Australian sailor Deirdre “Cookie” ...

A recent e-mail appeal from Mercy Corps uses a headline-grabbing event to focus donors’ attention on its work. “There’s more to Somalia than piracy,” reads e-mail’s subject line. “You’ve probably been ...

Hitting two birds with one stone, the U.S. government, top-level disturber of the peace now brandishing a Caribbean armada, strikes out against Venezuela – and Cuba too, indirectly. The U.S. military ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Richard Phillips, the ship captain toasted as a hero after he was taken captive by Somali pirates, ignored repeated warnings last spring to keep his freighter at least 600 miles off ...

MOSCOW, Oct 26 (Reuters) - A Russian Navy destroyer has fended off a pirate attack on a container ship near the western coast of Africa, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. Destroyer Vice ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine maritime threats, defensive tactics, and survival decisions during a pirate attack.