LONDON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- International piracy has reached new levels thanks primarily to an upsurge in piracy acts off the Somali coast, the International Maritime Bureau says.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Top officials from 24 countries are expected to descend on U.N. headquarters to discuss countering the growing threat of piracy off the Somali coast.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- European Union naval forces turned back Somali pirates trying to hijack a Greek oil tanker off the Somali coast Friday, the Greek government said.
HARADHERE, Somalia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Islamic militants and other factions are pouring into a lawless region of Somalia to grab shares of ransom being demanded by seaborne pirates, observers say.
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.
ABU DHABI, Bahrain, July 21 (UPI) -- U.S. naval forces are stepping up their efforts to fight pirates off the Somali coast of east Africa, military officials say.
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, April 5 (UPI) -- Pirates boarded a French yacht off the coast of Somalia and took 30 crew members hostage, authorities said Saturday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- While piracy in Somalia is attracting media attention, the warlords' leasing of offshore water to poachers is threatening Somalia's marine biodiversity.
WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- The United States and the European Union welcomed Wednesday a decision by Somali warlords to pull out of the capital, Mogadishu.
