The mother of a Somali pirate who pleaded guilty to charges of hijacking a U.S.-flagged ship and kidnapping its captain appealed to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to pardon her son and grant him ...

With Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse set to stand trial as an adult for the hijacking a U.S. container ship and holding its captain hostage for days, his mother is again begging for some ...

UPDATE: Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in prison. Federal Judge Loretta Preska in New York said the sentence serves as “general deterrence in this kind of crime.” ...

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged alleged Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse with hijacking two more ships in addition to the Maersk Alabama last spring in a superseding indictment ...

Abdulwali Muse, accused of hijacking the Maersk Alabama and taking its captain, Richard Phillips, hostage, is led into a federal building in New YorkEric Thayer / Reuters The reason Abdulwali Muse ...

CHICAGO (AP) — A bid for freedom by a convicted Somali pirate depicted in a Hollywood movie has been scuttled by a federal appellate court in Chicago, which rejected his argument that he was just 16 ...