The US Navy on Sunday dramatically ended a high-seas standoff with Somali pirates, rescuing a US captain held hostage on a lifeboat for five days and killing three of his four captors. "At approximately 7:19 pm (1619 GMT) US naval forces rescued Captain Richard Phillips, the master of Motor Vessel Maersk-Alabama," US Naval Forces Central Command said in a ...

Members of Capt. Richard Phillips' crew have hailed their leader for saving them and their ship from being hijacked by pirates, but the skipper insists it's the U.S. Navy and other rescuers who deserve to be called heroes. "I'm just the byline ...

The shipping captain liberated from Somali pirates Sunday after a swift firefight that killed three of his captors called the U.S. Navy Seals and others who worked to rescue him "heroes," his boss said. At a news conference, Maersk Line President and CEO John ...