Kidnappings

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Joyous, tearful Nigerian parents tightly hugged their sons, upon being reunited with them following their week-long…

AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Hasanain Alminshid had received death threats for his human rights activism for years, but ignored most…

Seeking an “authentic” experience as he backpacked through war-torn Afghanistan, Dutch tourist Ciaran Barr searched the Couchsurfing website for locals…

  ISTANBUL (AP) — Chinese authorities are placing the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities into dozens of state-run orphanages across…

Fifteen Egyptian workers have been abducted by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya, according to an Egyptian lawyer, who notified…

Qalyubiya and Sharqiya security authorities freed a Coptic child who was abducted on Sunday from in front of the Father…

Unknown kidnappers on Sunday abducted a Coptic Christian child following an armed attack on a church in Shubra al-Kheima, Qalyubiya,…

Kidnappers released a Norwegian woman and an Israeli man held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula following negotiations mediated by Bedouin leaders…

Opposition activist Mohamed al-Shafie's body has been found, and an autopsy has reportedly revealed a birdshot wound to his head.…