The attorney for an Israeli national wanted by Russia in connection with a sea piracy incident 16 years ago has urged Cypriot authorities not to extradite him to the Russian Federation, media reported ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — World sea piracy fell to its lowest level in five years in 2012, thanks to a huge reduction in Somali piracy, an international maritime watchdog said Wednesday. Democrats ...

Pirate attacks against merchant ships off the African coast have been reported regularly over the past decade. And despite measures to suppress it, Somalia-based piracy remains a concern. On the other ...

In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the container ship Fouma as it entered the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. They fired warning shots toward the ship’s bridge, boarded the ship and opened ...

Maritime regulatory and law enforcement authorities from Asia, Australia and Europe convened virtually on Tuesday to address piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia.During the virtual Capacity ...

Kyiv has reacted angrily to Russian personnel searching a civilian cargo vessel on its way to a Ukrainian port. One maritime expert told Newsweek that the incident was an act of "piracy on the high ...

21 November 2008 The logistical challenge of policing more than a million square miles of ocean is an international problem that requires an international solution, said The Guardian in an editorial ...

NATO photo from a counterpiracy operation. Brandon Prins, Professor of Political Science and Global Security at the University of Tennessee, considers the impact of COVID-19 on maritime piracy, now ...

In just three weeks, the Pentagon has used $200 million worth of munitions in Operation Rough Rider against the Houthi militia, officials said. By Eric Schmitt, Edward Wong and John Ismay In a video ...

Brandon Prins received funding for this research project from the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research, through the Minerva Initiative. In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the ...