Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 03:03
Libya has been wracked with political violence and instability since the end of the civil war in 2011, which saw many armed militias formed in the country.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 17:24
A senior Afghan official says unknown kidnappers have seized 57 civilian de-miners on their way to work in western Afghanistan.
Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 09:58
Two men were charged with kidnapping on Friday in Singapore after the elderly mother of a supermarket tycoon was abducted and held for ransom, a rare instance in a country that prides itself on its low crime rate.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 01:29
Minor daughter of a local BJP leader was allegedly kidnapped from her house here by unidentified men, who also set ablaze the watchman on duty, police said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 14:24
A ten-year-old boy, who was kidnapped from a park here on December 25 for a ransom of Rs 20 lakh, was rescued in the wee hours today from Manyawas village, near Jaipur, the police said.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 14:38
Unidentified persons, masquerading as policemen, kidnapped a businessman and his son from Bhawani bazaar in Bihar`s Purnia district, police said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 23:39
A 25-year-old Hindu woman was allegedly kidnapped by unidentified persons in this northwestern Pakistani city, her relatives said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 01:08
A woman from Trinidad and Tobago has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in the 2005 kidnapping of an Indian-origin man who later died as the hostage scheme went awry.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 17:51
Amid reports of the involvement of a Bihar minister in kidnapping of Gujarati businessman`s son, who was released for Rs 25-crore ransom, Nitish Kumar asked state police chief to probe into the case.
Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 12:34
NLFT cadre, who abducted two Mizos and an executive of the Delhi-based Telecom Network Solution Deep Mondal of West Bengal, demanded a ransom of Rs five crore for the release, Mizoram police officials said.
Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 09:36
Britain is urging the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution calling on all countries not to pay ransom to kidnappers who use the money to finance terrorist groups.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 20:19
A nine-year-old boy who was abducted on Sunday was rescued from Shalimar Garden here and his abductor arrested, police said on Wednesday.
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