At least 15 attacks on ships have been reported in the region so far in 2026, compared with just five in 2025.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Federico Varese, a professor at Sciences Po who studies Somalia's maritime criminal gangs, about why attacks on ships off Somalia's coast are on the rise again.

Turkish and Somali forces have freed the MV LUTUF after pirates hijacked the vessel off the coast of Somalia. The 10-day ...

The deaths appear to be the first at the hands of Somali pirates in more than a decade.

Puntland retook MT Hoarner 25 off Somalia after five crew members were killed, with 16 suspected pirates arrested in the ...

Piracy off the Somali coast peaked in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the world’s economy €6 billion, with €138 million paid out in ransoms. View on euro ...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Special forces on a Portuguese warship seized explosives from suspected Somali pirates after thwarting an attack on an oil tanker but later freed the 19 men. Hours later and hundreds ...

Piracy is surging back off Somalia’s coast, though not yet at the scale of its 2011 peak. The Federal Government of Somalia announced on August 29 that the Turkish navy, working with Somali forces, ...

The world’s top maritime piracy observer said incidents off the coast of Somalia are on the rise again after a pair of fresh attacks this week — as two major regional conflicts stretch naval forces in ...

Turkish and Somali forces have freed the cargo ship Lutuf after a 10-day operation against pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this month, according to Somalia’s ...

Turkish and Somali forces have freed the MV LUTUF after pirates hijacked the vessel off the coast of Somalia. The 10-day ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Attacks off Somalia's northeastern coast have picked up sharply this year [File: Ben Curtis/AP] The Federal Government of Somalia ...