VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 2 (UPI) -- Somali pirates Saturday hijacked a British ship southwest of Seychelles, the Maritime Safety Center said.
EYL, Somalia, April 11 (UPI) -- Somali pirates Saturday fired at approaching U.S. sailors intent on rescuing a container ship captain being held by the modern-day buccaneers, CNN reported.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 23 (UPI) -- Two boats of pirates fired upon a Japanese cargo ship off the Somali coast but no one was injured, the Japanese Transportation Ministry said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have released a Ukrainian cargo ship after its owners paid a $3.2 million ransom, sources close to the ship's owners say.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- The captain of a Chinese ship said his crew used a water cannon, Molotov cocktails and beer bottles to fend off Somali pirates attacking the vessel.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Somali pirates demanded $25 million in ransom for the hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star and set a 10-day deadline, authorities said Thursday.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have seized a Danish cargo ship with a largely Russian crew, maritime officials reported Sunday.
BARGAL, Somalia, June 3 (UPI) -- Hijackers of a Dutch freighter off the coast of Somalia are threatening to kill the crew if rescuers storm the ship.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.N.-chartered MV Semlow, hijacked two months ago by Somali pirates, has returned to the the port of Elmaan north of Mogadishu.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Sales of cell phone games are expected to jump from $345 million worldwide last year to $590 million this year, a trade group said.
