After nearly a decade of relative quiet on the high seas, Somali pirates are back — and ships are being hijacked again. What ...

An Emirati dhow hijacked by Somali pirates last month has been abandoned in the Arabian Sea after the gang failed to use the vessel to attack other ships, security officials in Somalia’s Puntland ...

A surge in Somali piracy is fueling fears of a Red Sea "security vacuum" across the region as analysts warn of a revived maritime crime playbook, now linked to Iran-backed Houthis. The warning follows ...

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As the global economy focuses on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, another shipping crisis looms in the region — the return of Somali pirates. There's been an uptick in piracy on the waters around the ...

On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It was steered towards an anchorage near the port of Garacad in Puntland, a ...

There's been an uptick in piracy on the waters around the Middle East. So far, the number of incidents is small. But maritime intelligence groups say they could increase because attention and ...