The Houthis are likely backing their own proxies in the form of pirates as shipping is just recovering from the war with Iran and Red Sea battles.

Somali pirates have been using a hijacked cargo ship as a launch pad to capture other vessels in a resurgence of attacks off ...

Picture this: You’re a Somali pirate scanning the horizon for your next target. Through the morning haze, you spot what appears to be a slow-moving cargo vessel—exactly the kind of easy prey that made ...

An alarm blares across the ship. People start shouting. Then you hear it, gunfire. This is not a movie, and Captain Jack Sparrow is not coming to help you. Somewhere out on open water, pirates are ...

Numerous recent pirate attacks, especially the hijacking of three merchant vessels off the Horn of Africa, are a stark reminder that the conditions for resurgence can return quickly. It took years of ...

Southeast Asia has become the world’s hotspot for pirate attacks after an international clampdown slashed the number of hijackings off the coast of war-torn Somalia, the UN said Thursday. Last year 28 ...

There have been several recent pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden () Pirates have hijacked a tanker in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen, according to a UK maritime safety organisation (UKMTO) ...

Concerns have grown over an uptick in Somali pirate attacks against cargo ships, after four vessels were targeted in a single week in April. BBC News reports that the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations ...

There's been an uptick in piracy on the waters around the Middle East. So far, the number of incidents is small. But maritime intelligence groups say they could increase because attention and ...

Piracy off Somalia surged in 2026 due to Middle East conflict rerouting ships Strait of Hormuz closure forces ships to detour around Africa into Somali Basin At least six vessels hijacked by Somali ...