French family abducted by Boko Haram in Cameroon freed

Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 16:48

French family of seven, including four children, kidnapped at gunpoint in northern Cameroon by Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has been freed after two months in captivity.

Yemeni president vows to free Western hostages

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 20:58

Yemeni President Abd-Rabbo Mansour Hadi vowed Sunday to use force to release a Finnish couple kidnapped by Al Qaeda three months ago, the state-run Saba news agency reported.

`Won`t pay ransom for securing release of hostages`

Last Updated: Monday, March 25, 2013, 16:19

Mizoram Home Minister R Lalzirliana Monday said the state government wants to secure the release of five people abducted on February 19 last without paying ransom as demanded by the abductors.

Video shows bodies of foreign hostages in Nigeria

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 22:05

A video posted online appears to show the corpses of some of the seven foreign hostages abducted by Islamic extremists in northern Nigeria and later killed, a gruesome warning of the growing dangers in the region.

Italy, UK, Greece confirm murder of hostages in Nigeria

Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 12:05

Britain, Italy and Greece have confirmed that hostages from their countries were among seven construction workers reported killed in Nigeria over the weekend.

Syrian rebels treated UN hostages like `guests`

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 20:14

Rebels who held 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers in Syria put blankets on their hostages to help them sleep through the cold nights and a rebel commander became visibly emotional when his group released the men.

Six foreign hostages executed in Nigeria

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 19:21

Seven "Christian foreigners" taken hostage by a Nigerian Islamic terror group are feared to have been executed, a British daily said on Sunday.

Video claims Nigeria sect holds 7 French hostages

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 00:24

A video apparently showing seven French hostages kidnapped from northern Cameroon has been posted online, with a man claiming that a radical Islamic group from Nigeria holds them.