Gunmen kill British aid worker and local man and kidnap four tourists at north Nigeria resort
Two people including a British aid worker have been shot dead and four tourists abducted in an attack by armed gunmen on a holiday resort in northwestern Nigeria, police said on Sunday. Police and aid agency Mercy Corps named the dead woman as Faye Mooney. "Faye ...
Uganda tries to calm fears after kidnapped U.S. tourist and guide are rescued and ransom paid
President Donald Trump asked Uganda to find the abductors of a U.S. tourist and her guide to reassure guests of security, even after the East African nation's leader said the incident is isolated and that the parks are safe. "Uganda must find the kidnappers of ...
Kidnapped U.S. woman and driver reported freed in Uganda after ransom is paid
A U.S. tourist and a safari guide kidnapped by gunmen in a Ugandan national park have been recovered safe and sound after a ransom was paid for their release, a safari firm said on Sunday. The pair were hauled from their safari vehicle by four ...
Chinese university students, alumni speak out over disappearance of young labor activists
Students and alumni of several Chinese universities are sounding the alarm over the apparent detention of more than a dozen young labor activists who have been missing since the weekend. Three recent graduates of the elite Peking University have been taken away by authorities, the ...
Japanese journalist missing in Syria likely man in IS-style video: government
The government says the man in a video released by apparent militants is likely Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who is believed to have been kidnapped in Syria in 2015.
'He looked like a terrorist!' Rural India joy ride ended in rumor-fueled mob attack and lynching
In the tiny hamlet of Murki in the hinterlands of south India, Inspector V.B. Yadwad surveyed a pile of bricks and stones in a ditch where he and other police officers had been attacked earlier this month while trying to save a group of ...
The government needs to devise a strategy for Japan to explore a settlement of the abductions issue while being proactively involved in the efforts to denuclearize North Korea.
Beheaded bodies of Vietnamese sailors abducted by Abu Sayyaf militants found in southern Philippines
Philippine soldiers have found the beheaded bodies of two Vietnamese sailors abducted a year ago by the Islamist militant Abu Sayyaf group near the restive southern island of Basilan, an army spokeswoman said Wednesday. Six Vietnamese sailors were taken captive after Abu Sayyaf militants attacked ...
Veteran negotiator Richardson offers to go to North Korea to free three Americans and Canadian
Veteran former U.S. politician and diplomat Bill Richardson offered on Friday to visit North Korea to secure the release of three detained Americans and a Canadian after U.S. university student Otto Warmbier was brought back in a coma. Richardson, a former New Mexico governor and ...
Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Friday, the latest in a string of abductions in the waters between the two Southeast Asian neighbors. "We got confirmation of an incident of kidnapping ...
Foreigners, Filipino abducted from Philippine resort; Japanese guest escapes by jumping off boat
Gunmen abducted two Canadians, including a former mining company executive, a Filipino woman and the Norwegian marina manager at an upscale resort complex on a southern Philippine island, sparking an air and sea search by authorities, officials said Tuesday. At least 11 men armed with ...
Czech Foreign Ministry says five nationals are missing in Lebanon
Five Czechs and their Lebanese driver are missing in Lebanon, a spokeswoman for the Czech Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Lebanese media and a security source had reported earlier Saturday that five Czech nationals were missing after their abandoned vehicle was found near Kefraya in eastern ...
