NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in Virginia who oversaw the trial of the highest-ranking pirate ever convicted in a U.S. court filed an opinion Friday that says Congress intended for the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday on the legal definition of piracy, saying an armed attack on a U.S. vessel can be considered piracy even if no one ever boards or robs the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled on the legal definition of piracy and says a person does not necessarily have to board a ship to be charged with piracy. U.S. Attorney Neil ...

Mohammad Saaili Shibin is charged with piracy for his role in the hijacking of an American yacht in which all four passengers on board were shot and killed. Jury selection begins Tuesday. Shibin's ...

The Congress shall have Power ... To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the High Seas.... The need to strengthen the national government to protect against piracy and avoid the then ...

Belarus has been accused of "State-sponsored piracy" in the aftermath of its forced diversion of a passenger plane en route from Athens to Vilnius in order to facilitate the arrest of journalist Roman ...