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Kidnapped Saudi Arabian boy reunites with family after 20 years
A Saudi Arabian boy who was kidnapped 20 years ago reunited with his biological family on Tuesday after police became suspicious of his kidnapper ... Variety -
South African hostage in Syria returns home after three years
A South African freelance photojournalist kidnapped in Syria returned home on Friday after almost three years in captivity, his family ... World News -
Baby boy kidnapped in 1964 found through ancestry sites
A Michigan man recently identified as the newborn boy snatched from his mother in 1964 by someone posing as a maternity-ward nurse was found through ... Variety -
French citizen kidnapped in central Mexico
A French citizen and a Mexican national were kidnapped Sunday while visiting a national park in central Mexico, the French embassy in Mexico City told ... World News -
Iraqi activist: I was in solitary confinement
In the latest development surrounding the disappearance of Iraqi female activist Mary Mohammad, who was participating in protests in Iraq, an Al ... Middle East -
Taliban kidnap six Afghan journalists
Taliban kidnapped six Afghan journalists working for private and government media organizations in eastern Paktia province, government officials and ... World News -
Two Canadian women abducted in Ghana, say authorities
Two Canadian women have been abducted in Ghana, security sources said Thursday, a rare attack in a country seen as one of the most secure in the West ... World News -
Official: Canadian tourist held in Syria
A Canadian tourist is being held in Syria, Ottawa said Saturday, after local media reported the man had traveled to a village close to the Lebanese ... Middle East -
Four days after abduction, Uzbek doctor dies in Houthi prison
An Uzbek orthopedic doctor died in a Houthi-run prison in Ibb governorate, south of Yemen, according to a medical source. The source revealed that ... Gulf -
Yemeni-British woman abducted 32 years ago flees Hodeidah to reunite with mother
A British national who was abducted as a child 32 years ago by her father, fled the Yemeni city of Hodeidah to reunite with her mother in ... Variety -
Japanese journalist apologizes, recounts days as hostage in Syria
Jumpei Yasuda, a Japanese journalist held by militants in Syria for more than three years, said on Friday he told his captors to deafen him if they ... Middle East -
As deadline passes, fate of Syrian women held by ISIS uncertain
The fate of more than 30 Syrian women who were kidnapped by ISIS after it carried out a series of coordinated suicide attacks and shootings in the ... Middle East -
EUR 1 mln ransom for Kuwaiti businessman missing in Romania since 2015
Three years have passed, and still there is no trace of the missing Kuwaiti businessman, Mohammed al-Baghli. Anxious to find out his whereabouts, the ... Gulf -
Mob lynches 5 men in west India, police arrest 23 suspects
Police in western India said Monday that they have arrested 23 people who took part in the weekend lynching of five men suspected of being members of ... World News -
Six hostages who appeared in ISIS video released in Iraq
Iraqi security forces liberated six men who were held captives by ISIS and detained the kidnappers two days after ISIS threatened to execute them. ... Middle East -
Boko Haram returns Nigerian kidnapped schoolgirls ‘out of pity’
Boko Haram extremists returned most of the 110 girls abducted from their Nigeria boarding school a month ago with an ominous warning, witnesses said ... World News -
WATCH: Saudi man hailed as a hero for rescuing kidnapped girl
A Saudi man, Talal Saad al-Shahrani, rescued a 15-year-old student from being kidnapped in the Aseer province on Thursday after suspecting that she ... Variety -
Kidnapped Saudi child in Egypt rescued
A Saudi child was rescued by Egyptian police after he was kidnapped for ransom.According to the Egyptian Ministry Interior the six-year-old ... Middle East -
Somali man found guilty in kidnapping of Canadian journalist
A Somali national has been convicted in an Ontario court for his role in the 2008 kidnapping of Canadian Amanda Lindhout, who was held captive in ... Print -
Riyadh police capture man with cleaver after botched attempt to kidnap children
A spokesman for the Riyadh police in Saudi Arabia has spoken to Al Arabiya about a video that surfaced on social media platforms showing a man ... Gulf -
Mystery of ‘kidnapped girl in Egypt’ who wrote SOS message on 10-pound note
An Egyptian 10-pound note was believed to have a message written on it by a kidnapped girl in the country. Facebook users have been sharing pictures ... Variety -
WATCH: Woman disguised as nurse kidnaps newborn from Saudi hospital
A woman who disguised herself as a nurse kidnapped a newborn from King Khaled Hospital in Kharj after deceiving the mother and telling her the doctor ... Gulf -
British model’s Italy abduction ‘linked to Arab buyers’ amid reports of hoax
A British model at the center of an alleged kidnapping in Italy was reportedly going to be sold as a sex slave in the "Arab world," by a ... Features -
Iraq: Seven activists, who were kidnapped, freed in Baghdad
Seven civil society activists, who were kidnapped in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, have now been freed, the country’s interior ministry said on ... Middle East -
French aid worker kidnapped in Mali
Sophie Petronin was abducted in the city of Gao on Saturday North Africa -
Saudi Council of Senior Scholars condemns kidnapping of Judge al-Jirani
The General Secretariat of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia condemned, in the strongest terms, the abduction Gulf -
When family of the kidnapped kidnapped the kidnapper’s family
Mexico residents freed mother of a drug gang leader in exchange for a kidnapped businessman Variety -
American held in Yemen released and flown to Oman
The unidentified man was transported onboard an Omani military aircraft after his release was secured Middle East -
Romanian held by al-Qaeda affiliate demands release
A Romanian mineworker kidnapped by an al-Qaeda affiliate last year has appeared in a video North Africa -
Nigeria Central Bank chief’s wife kidnapped, freed
Kidnapping for ransom is common in the country, particularly in the south, with the wealthy and expatriates often targeted North Africa