Recent attacks mark the highest number of Somali pirate hijackings since the peak of the crisis in 2012.

The lemon-laden Fahad-4, hijacked in late April, was used as a mothership to attack other ships.

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 ...

As the United States has focused its naval efforts on the Strait of Hormuz, piracy off the coast of Somalia—dormant since its ...