It was one of the biggest pirate heists in history; 300 years later, Cape Cod archaeologists think they've found the ...

The Israeli military has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory ...

Two archaeologists claim to have found the Nossa Senhora do Cabo, a Portuguese ship sunk in 1721 with a treasure worth over $138 million off Madagascar’s coast.

While Dionysius may have been the first recorded pirate, the most famous pirates lived during the 17th and 18th centuries, ...

From dummy mannequins to high-pressure hose whips, cargo ships have developed a bizarre arsenal to fight modern piracy. But ...

LTTE attacked Jetliner at Trincomalee harbour on its second voyage in 2 August 2006 when it was returning form Kankesanturai with 1700 army personnel. [22] It was an all out attack with four LTTE ...

Discover the first pirate ever recorded, from ancient Egypt to Dionysius of Ionia, and how piracy evolved through the ...

An X-ray scan of a cargo container bound for Haiti from the Port of Miami uncovered a cache of undeclared firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition — ...

At the first hearing in India, Msc has rejected the compensation claim of approximately one billion euros submitted by the Indian state of Kerala for the sinking of the container ship Elsa 3.

The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...

Attacking ships far from land on the high seas and stealing the cargo was a logical next step in the tactics of seafaring raiders.

The movie was based on a real-life 2009 attack by Somali pirates on a ship named the MV Maersk Alabama, which was carrying food to Kenya. The 500-foot-long vessel and its crew were rescued by the ...