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.

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 ...

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.