In 2009, the French Navy tanker La Somme was patrolling the pirate infested waters off Somalia when two small motorized boats suddenly opened fire on the heavily armed warship. Armed with a 40 ...

Pralav Dhyani could feel his heart beating out of his chest as an assault rifle was pressed to his head. 'I was s***ting bricks as I waited for him to blow my brains out,' he recalled. Then just 21, ...