Slaves may have seized territory, killed masters, and even overthrown colonial governments, but pirates and mutinous sailors never permanently crippled a British or French shipping route.

All of these characteristics pirates had, because having a parrot as a pet, missing arms, eyes and hands, was very common among sailors in that time period. And almost all pirates had previously ...

Ancient mariner' who came to make the fix in historical costume was such a shock nobody made a pirate joke On Call Tech ...

Russia and Iran like to tout themselves as America's largest and most determined enemies, but everyone in the international community knows few geopolitical beefs run deeper than the United States ...

Fifteen Turkish sailors had been kidnapped in January in the Gulf of Guinea A Turkish sailor who was kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea is greeted by his family at Istanbul international ...

Sailors' unions argue that you need people on ships to prevent accidents and manage unexpected situations, but Reynolds and Kennedy were on the Maersk Alabama for one reason: Pirates. And ...

Friends and fellow sailing enthusiasts at the Del Rey Yacht Club remember a couple killed by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Video courtesy of Reuters.

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TASS, September 22. Russian sailors, who were kidnapped by pirates in Cameroon in mid-August, will come back home soon, Russia’s Embassy in Cameroon confirmed on its Facebook page on Sunday.