A Red Cross staffer freed after almost a year in captivity in Yemen was held for ransom not for political reasons, diplomatic sources in Oman said on Tuesday.
Three Australians, a New Zealander and a South African have been kidnapped along with two locals in Nigeria's southeast after their vehicle was attacked, officials said on Thursday.
A member of a kidnap gang that abducted a Hong Kong heiress for a multi-million-dollar ransom was jailed for 12 years Thursday after what the judge described as a ‘terrible ordeal’ for the victim.
