Dramatic Pirate-Hostage Rescues. 1 minute read. By TIME. April 13, 2009 12:00 AM EDT. ... and within hours the resilient crew was able to retake the ship, ...

Off the Somali coast, pirates hijacked a cargo ship and later held the captain hostage. Brian Jenkins, a specialist in hostage negotiations and adviser to the International Maritime Bureau ...

Israel says it is investigating after Hamas released photos purportedly showing the body of a female hostage in Gaza. Speaking during his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Chirag Bahri worked as an engineer on merchant vessels during a nearly decade-long career at sea.; In 2010, his chemical tanker was held hostage by pirates for eight months. Now, he advocates for ...

Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas. History has largely ignored these female swashbucklers, until now.