As a freed U.S.-flagged freighter cruised out of Somalia's crime-infested waters Thursday, a tense standoff continued for a second day between a U.S. warship and a tiny lifeboat, adrift with four ...

* U.S. navy destroyer on scene * FBI joins efforts to free American captain * U.S.-flagged ship heads to Kenya after brief hijack (Updates with comments from Biden, Holder, WFP official) By Abdi ...

NAIROBI, Kenya _ The EU Naval Force says a suspected pirate skiff approached the American ship Maersk Alabama but turned back after a security team onboard fired warning shots.

HOUSTON (AP) âÄî A member of the crew on the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked by African pirates sued the owner and another company Monday, accusing them of knowingly putting sailors in danger. Richard E.

And Danish marines in a helicopter strafed a hijacked cargo ship Monday and then rappelled down lines to capture 10 pirates and reclaim the ship.. The hijacking of the Maersk Alabama on April 8 ...

Pirates have gas on lifeboat, fire shots at U.S. Navy sailors. April 11, 2009 — -- The captain of a U.S.-flagged ship held hostage by armed pirates on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean appears ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with ...

Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said.

Somali pirates defied international naval powers on Thursday to keep an American ship captain hostage on a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean after their first seizure of U.S. citizens.