MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Paul and Rachel Chandler, a retired British couple who sailed to exotic locales aboard their 38-foot yacht, said in one of their last cheery messages they probably would be "out ...

The BBC says Somali pirates have called the broadcaster to demand $7 million in return for releasing a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa. The BBC cited an unidentified ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The retired British couple were sailing the world on a 38-foot-yacht that represented most of their life savings when Somali pirates captured them last year, demanding the sort of ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Russian and British forces repelled a pirate attack on a cargo ship in the first action by a Russian warship sent to fight hijackings off Somalia, the two nations said Wednesday.

Somali pirates released a British couple from captivity on Sunday, ending a yearlong drama in which the pair was moved, separated and moved several times again as negotiations to win their release ...

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Britney Spears music is often used by the British Navy to deter Somali pirates, since the pirates hate the sound of Western ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Saturday that a British couple captured in the Indian Ocean more than a week ago had been moved deeper into central Somalia after a row between rival ...

MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish patrol plane and a British ship scuppered an attempt by seven pirates to capture a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Aden and seized ladders, hooks and weapons, Spain's ...