U.S. Navy snipers fatally shot three pirates holding an American cargo-ship captain hostage after seeing that one of the pirates "had an AK-47 leveled at the captain's back," a military official said ...

(CNN) -- An e-mail from one of the crewmen aboard the Maersk Alabama tells a gripping tale of sailors fighting back against pirates who had taken over their ship. It also contains some of the ...

Based on a true story, the US container ship Maersk Alabama is hijacked by Somali pirates, led by Abduwali Muse (Barkhad Abdi), on the way to Kenya. The captain and crew soon find themselves at ...