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.

A U.S.-flagged container ship, the Maersk Alabama, glided into port Saturday, four days after fending off a pirate attack. Those pirates still hold hostage the ship's captain, Richard Phillips.

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.

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.

U.S. Crew Reflects On Somali Pirate Saga Crew members of the Maersk Alabama talk about the day the pirates hijacked their ship and the response to the situation by their captain, Richard Phillips.

MOMBASA, Kenya -- Nineteen American sailors reached safe harbor Saturday days after escaping a pirate hijacking off the Horn of Africa, exhilarated by freedom but mourning the absence of the ...

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 ...

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

The hijacking of the Maersk Alabama on April 8, 2009, however, focused attention on the growing war with pirates for the way the largely American crew foiled their attempts to take control of the ...

* 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 ...