The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized countries fighting piracy off the Somali coast to take action also on Somalia's territory and in its airspace, subject to consent by the country's government. The United States said for the first time that the United Nations should deploy a peacekeeping ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO has launched its first anti-piracy mission off Somalia after one of its warships successfully escorted a cargo ship to the port of Mogadishu, the alliance's chief said Monday. "One NATO ship just finished escorting a ship which was bringing in supplies" for the ...