Hundreds of Afghans staged a protest in Kabul yesterday demanding greater security after a recent spate of kidnappings that targeted groups of civilians in the country’s northeast.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino insisted Wednesday a Norwegian man and other hostages being held by Islamic extremists on a remote southern island could be rescued ...
Nigeria's army on Wednesday confirmed that a girl rescued in a Boko Haram enclave in the northeast is one of 219 abducted from their school in Chibok more than two years ago.
Four Indonesian sailors kidnapped by suspected militants in the strife-torn southern Philipines were released Wednesday, officials said, the second group of Indonesian hostages ...
The son of a former Pakistani prime minister who was rescued by Afghan and US forces from al Qaeda captors in Afghanistan landed in the Pakistani city of Lahore ...
Militants in the Philippines issued a fresh warning Tuesday threatening to harm three hostages, just over a week after they beheaded a captive.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino vowed Wednesday to launch a military assault aimed at ‘neutralising’ Abu Sayyaf Islamic militants who beheaded a Canadian hostage ...
Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a Canadian hostage, raising fears for more than 20 other foreigners held captive on remote islands ...
An Australian television crew accused of aiding a mother in the botched kidnapping of her two children in Lebanon flew home Thursday ...
Pirates attacked a cargo vessel off the coast of Nigeria and kidnapped two crew members, a maritime expert confirmed Thursday, in the latest high-seas strike in the Gulf of Guinea.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday his government was providing support to an Australian mother and TV crew charged in Beirut with kidnapping-related offences.
Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping six crew members in a region increasingly hit by piracy in recent years, the Nigerian navy said on Monday.
