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 ...

The pirates approached the Stolt Apal in ... by international naval forces due to the high risk of attack. The spokesman said the ship’s bridge had sustained minor damage from bullets but ...

But the attack on the ship has also shone ... s territorial waters and maritime resources. Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy ...