Another brazen band of Somali pirates tried to strike late Saturday evening, firing wildly at an Italian cruise ship with 1,500 people on board -- but this time, the crew fought back. Heroic private ...

Piracy on the high seas sounds like something from a bygone era, but the menace of armed robbery is still a very real threat in certain parts of the world. The menace posed to cruise ships in ...

Lilly Mcginley was on Cunard's Queen Anne when the captain issued a pirate alert earlier this month. The retiree and frequent cruisegoer says she wasn't frightened. She's had worse experiences at sea.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Pirates chased and shot at a U.S. cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lilly Mcginley, a 56-year-old retiree from the UK, about being aboard a cruise ship where passengers were told to turn off lights to help avoid ...

When you hear the word "pirate," you're likely thinking of dashing Johnny Depp, decked out in his Captain Jack Sparrow getup topped with the iconic tricorne hat. You might imagine a thrilling life of ...

Pirates have attacked 78 ships this year, hijacking 19 of them, and about 17 ships with more than 300 crew still remain in pirates' hands, according to Noel Choong, who heads the International ...

Red Dragon Pirate Cruises in Port Aransas has a new captain at the helm, and she's making history in the Coastal Bend. Dale Gonzales, also known as Captain Poison, is the first female pirate ship ...