Paul Greengrass says it's a "big honour" to open the BFI London Film Festival with his new movie 'Captain Phillips'.

Somali pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at another US cargo ship in a failed hijack attempt.

A US ship whose captain is still being held hostage by Somali pirates has arrived in a Kenyan port with the 19 remaining crew members today.

FBI hostage negotiators joined US navy efforts yesterday to free an American cargo ship captain held captive on a lifeboat by Somali pirates.