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Red Cross releases video plea to free 3 staff abducted in Syria
The Red Cross in Syria on Friday launched a video appeal for the immediate release of three kidnapped staff, warning the aid organization’s ... Middle East -
Syria hands over missing Canadian staffer to U.N.
The Syrian government said Thursday it has turned over to the United Nations a Canadian staffer who went missing eight months ago, accusing rebels of ... World News -
NGO: Jihadists in Syria behind kidnapping of ICRC workers
Jihadists in Syria were behind the kidnapping of seven aid workers in the northwest of the country, a monitoring group said Monday, shortly after four ... Middle East -
Islamist leader says Libyan prime minister has failed
The leader of Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood political party said Saturday that the country’s prime minister - who was briefly abducted by ... Middle East -
Libya’s PM Ali Zeidan appears in cabinet after release
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan arrived at government headquarters in Tripoli on Thursday, shortly after he has been freed by former rebels who ... Middle East -
Pakistan busts Facebook kidnap gang
Pakistani authorities on Saturday busted a gang using a female member to lure youngsters through Facebook and telephone calls and then kidnapping them ... Asia -
Lebanese Shiite group claims kidnapping of Turkish pilot, co-pilot
A Lebanese Shiite militia ambushed a bus carrying a Turkish Airlines pilot and his assistant in Beirut as they left the airport early morning on ... Middle East -
Going undercover: UK mother dons burka to rescue daughter in Egypt
A distraught Polish-born woman donned a burka to travel to Egypt and retrieve her three-year-old daughter who had been snatched by her Egyptian father ... Variety -
Iranians may have abducted Briton in Dubai
Britain is taking seriously allegations that a British-Iranian citizen who went missing in Dubai in June may have been kidnapped by “elements in ... News -
Polish journalist kidnapped in Syria
A Polish journalist was taken hostage by Islamist militants in northwest Syria on Wednesday, opposition activists said. Marcin Suder was abducted ... Middle East -
Gunmen kidnap South African people in Yemen, security says
Gunmen kidnapped a South African couple from the central Yemeni city of Taiz on Monday over a land dispute between a local chief and the authorities, ... Middle East -
Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral not militants
Officials said Egyptian authorities accidentally fired at a Bedouin funeral in Sinai during a search for security personnel kidnapped by suspected ... Middle East -
Militants kidnap 7 Egyptian security officers in Sinai, say sources
A group of anonymous militants kidnapped early on Thursday seven Egyptian security officers in the lawless Sinai Peninsula, near the borders with ... Middle East -
Three kidnapped Red Cross workers freed in Yemen
Yemeni tribesmen released three kidnapped employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the humanitarian agency and a Yemeni security ... Middle East -
Crime rates in post-revolutionary Egypt soar amid security woes
Crime waves in Egypt have hit new highs since the uprising that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011, recently disclosed statistics have ... Middle East