UNDERHILL, Vt., April 17 (UPI) -- Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips said Friday the U.S. military was the real hero in his rescue from Somali pirates who held him captive for four days.
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 17 (UPI) -- U.S. cargo ship Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage by pirates off the Somali coast for four days, was on his way back to the United States Friday from Africa.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- The captain of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship Somali pirates tried to hijack last week will return home Friday, the shipping line's leader said Thursday.
MOMBASA, Kenya, April 14 (UPI) -- Capt. Richard Phillips, who spent five days as a pirate hostage, will return to the United States on a chartered plane with his crew, the shipper said Tuesday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. cargo ship captain kidnapped by pirates off the Somali coast was on board the USS Boxer Sunday after his escape from his captors, U.S. officials said.
WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- The leader of the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday that international law needs to be overhauled to help fight piracy.
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, April 9 (UPI) -- FBI negotiators are working with the U.S. Navy to negotiate the freedom of a U.S. captain held by Somali pirates, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.
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, 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.
