Mexican mayor says he'll pursue anti-gang campaign despite threats forcing family to go to US The mayor of a wealthy suburb of this ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped by tribesmen near the Yemeni capital on November 15 was released on Monday, Sanaa's governor Numan Duid announced. "The ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen has been seized by Al-Qaeda gunmen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday. "The hostage was seized by elements of Al-Qaeda, who took him to an unknown destination ...
A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are "losing patience" and could kill them "within a week" if no ransom is paid. The video of Paul and Rachel Chandler -- held since ...
Kidnapped Britons say Somali pirates are losing patience over ransom demand, may kill them A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday that they fear they will be killed or handed to a terrorist group ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Sanaa is still being held by Yemeni tribesmen, a mediator said on Wednesday, while Japan's prime minister expressed hope the 63-year-old's release was "close." Sheikh Abdul Jalil, a tribal leader in Arhab, northeast of Sanaa where the ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Sanaa is still being held by Yemeni tribesmen, contrary to an earlier announcement that he had been freed, a mediator said on Wednesday. "We have announced by mistake the liberation of the hostage on Tuesday night," said ...
Ed Smart, father of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart, talks to reporters outside federal court following a hearing for Wanda Barzee, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Barzee plead guilty to kidnapping and illegal transportation of a minor across state ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped in Yemen was freed on Tuesday and on his way to the capital, Sanaa, said a tribal leader who negotiated his release. "He is on route to the capital and will be turned over to the embassy of ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped in Yemen was well and negotiations for his release were under way, a local mediator said Tuesday after Tokyo called for him to be freed "at any cost." "The Japanese hostage is very well and is being treated ...
A Japanese engineer kidnapped near Yemen's capital is "very well" and negotiations for his release are under way, a Yemeni mediator told AFP on Tuesday. "The Japanese hostage is very well and is being treated like a guest by his kidnappers, who ...
A Baghdad police lieutenant kidnapped his wealthy neighbour's 10-year-old son, killed him and then sought 160,000 dollars before being snared when his phone calls were traced, police said on Tuesday. The crime occurred in Mahawil, a town 80 kilometres (50 miles) south ...
