One of the smaller craft closed to within 300 yards and fired eight rifle shots at the cruise ship, he said, but the ship was able to pull away. It was the first report of a pirate attack on a ...

An Italian cruise ship carrying 1,200 passengers and crew fended off a pirate attack near the Seychelles, company officials said Sunday. The ship was attacked on Saturday evening by armed pirates ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- More than 1,000 British tourists on a round-the-world cruise were ushered to safety amid fears their ship ... attack", and there were no visual sightings of "armed pirates." ...

A cruise ship company issued a warning to passengers ... According to Cruise Critic, 46.9% of modern pirate attacks occur in East Asia and the Pacific, and 21.2% occur in sub-Saharan Africa.

While passing through The Phillippines during the maiden voyage of the cruise, the ship issued precautionary ... notably around 50% of modern pirate attacks, occur in East Asia and the Pacific.

The cruise ship ... a 100-day global voyage around the world issued a warning to the passengers onboard: Please turn off your cabin lights and close your curtains because of the risk of pirates ...

But they are forced to jump ship when modern-day pirates chase it, leaving them stranded on a desert island with the captain, Jake Hunter.

Lilly Mcginley was on Cunard's Queen Anne when the captain issued a pirate ... day. I thought it was interesting and another thing to talk about around the dinner table. We've also been on a ...

Despite cruise lines implementing ironclad safety policies, cruise guests still fear this disturbing threat at sea that not even governments can stop.