Fifteen Turkish sailors had been kidnapped in January in the Gulf of Guinea A Turkish sailor who was kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea is greeted by his family at Istanbul international ...

Friends and fellow sailing enthusiasts at the Del Rey Yacht Club remember a couple killed by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Video courtesy of Reuters.

All of these characteristics pirates had, because having a parrot as a pet, missing arms, eyes and hands, was very common among sailors in that time period. And almost all pirates had previously ...

A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship ...

PRETORIA, December 1. /TASS/. A Russian national was among four sailors abducted by pirates from a vessel in the Gulf of Guinea, the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Benin and the Togolese ...

MOSCOW, February 8. /TASS/. Pirates have taken seven Russian sailors and one Ukrainian hostage in the territorial waters of Nigeria, the Russian embassy said on Wednesday. "The BBC Caribbean ship ...

Sailors' unions argue that you need people on ships to prevent accidents and manage unexpected situations, but Reynolds and Kennedy were on the Maersk Alabama for one reason: Pirates. And ...

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...