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 -- 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 ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A British couple kidnapped off their private yacht by Somali pirates more than a year ago were set free Sunday, ending one of the most drawn-out and dramatic hostage situations ...

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 — Striking into the heavily patrolled Gulf of Aden, Somali pirates seized a British-flagged chemical tanker — the first merchant vessel to be hijacked there in nearly six months, the ...

* Chandlers transferred to Kota Wajar * Pirates say they will be held on board * Pirates also seize Thai fishing vessel (Adds hostage, British government comments) By Abdi Guled MOGADISHU, Oct 29 ...

Somali pirates said on Tuesday they had seized a yacht in the Indian Ocean with a British couple aboard and were taking the vessel to the Horn of Africa nation. "The British couple are in our hands ...

* British couple moved further inland * Pirates in dispute over Britons (Recasts with couple moved inland, quotes) By Abdi Guled and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on ...

The British kayaker who was murdered 42 days into a daring trek on the Amazon River was constantly pushing her boundaries. A former primary-school principal in London, Emma Kelty ditched her job in ...

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 huge ransom a ...