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Matamoros kidnapping: FBI offers $50,000 after four US citizens taken at gunpoint

The FBI said the four Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates and crossed into Matamoros, Tamaulipas in Mexico, on Friday where they were kidnapped

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Al Qaeda leader in North Africa grants exclusive interview to FRANCE 24

Algerian Islamist Abu Obeida Youssef al-Aanabi, the current leader of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), granted an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24 in which he officially confirmed his group is holding French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was kidnapped in Mali in 2021, and discussed the role of jihadism…

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Mexico kidnapping latest: FBI offers reward for four Americans kidnapped in Matamoros as they are identified

Follow the latest updates on abduction in Matamoros, Tamaulipas as FBI launch search for missing US citizens

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FBI launches search for four US citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in Matamoros, Mexico

Four Americans drove across the US’s border with Mexico on Friday in their white minivan, where they were ambushued by armed men

The Independent UK

Search underway for four Americans kidnapped in Mexico

Mexican and U.S. authorities said on Monday they were working to locate four Americans who were shot at by gunmen in northern Mexico and then kidnapped shortly after crossing the border.

Reuters

FBI launches search for four US citizens kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico

Four Americans drove across the US’s border with Mexico on Friday in their white minivan, where they were ambushued by armed men

The Independent UK

Four people kidnapped at gunpoint from minivan in warring Mexican cartel territory

The four US citizens had crossed into Mexico on Friday in a white minivan, but soon came under fire before a gang of suspected cartel gunmen dragged them into a pick up and drove them away from the scene in Matamoros

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Depths of despair

News from Nakhon Pathom in February about an eight-month-old baby, Nong Tor, who was kidnapped while his parents slept, drew the public's attention for weeks. By the end of February, the infant's 17-year-old mother, N*, confessed to police that while bathing Nong Tor she accidentally dropped him, causing him to…

Bangkok Post

Two International Red Cross Workers Kidnapped in Mali

Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in northern Mali, the ICRC in Mali said on Twitter on Saturday. It said the abductions took place between the northern cities of Gao and Kidal - long a hotspot for militant and militia violence. "We confirm…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two International Red Cross workers kidnapped in Mali - ICRC

Two workers for the International Committee of the Red Cross have been kidnapped in northern Mali, the ICRC in Mali said on Twitter on Saturday.

Reuters

Victim, not villain

The story of Tor, a toddler in Nakhon Pathom who was initially believed to have been kidnapped before it was determined that he was dumped into the Tha Chin River by his own mother, is more than just a simple homicide. The case reflects a deep-rooted social problem in our…

Bangkok Post

Teen mother admits 'stolen' baby died, disposed of

A teenage mother who earlier claimed her 8-month-old baby was kidnapped in Nakhon Pathom province has now told police she accidentally dropped the child and it died of its injuries, and she dumped the body in a river.

Bangkok Post

Pregnant mum run over as she attempted to rescue son, 2, from being kidnapped

The 6-month pregnant mum had just pulled into her driveway in Illinois, US, when car thieves turned up outside and stole her car which contained her two-year-old son

Daily Mirror

Woman who 'married' rag doll claims their son has been 'kidnapped and held hostage'

A woman who says she married a rag doll now claims their 'son' has been 'kidnapped and is being 'held hostage'. She has now quit her job in a bid to find her child

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EU Condemns Iran Over Death Penalty for Iranian-German

The European Union on Thursday condemned a death penalty imposed by an Iranian court on an Iranian-German dual national and expressed concern about the increasing number of EU citizens in Iran's jails. Tehran's Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd, 67, on Tuesday on charges of playing a role in a deadly…

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Athena Strand’s mother sues FedEx, contractor, driver accused of killing 7-year-old girl

FORT WORTH, Texas — The mother of Athena Strand, the 7-year-old girl who was kidnapped and killed in Wise County in November, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against FedEx, Big Topspin and the driver accused of the girl’s murder, according to a news release.

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Iran Orders Death Penalty for ‘Kidnapped’ German National

An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial. The Tehran Revolutionary Court convicted Jamshid Sharmahd in connection with the deadly bombing of a mosque in 2008, the…

AFP

Iran orders death penalty for 'kidnapped' German national

Paris (AFP) - An Iranian court on Tuesday sentenced to death on terror charges an Iranian-German national who supporters say was abducted in the Gulf and forcibly returned to Iran for a show trial.

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Hostage takers demand ransom in exchange for release of Australian professor kidnapped in PNG

The Australian professor was conducting a field study with three female researchers when a group of armed men abducted them, took them to a secret location and demanded money for their release.

Evening Standard

Papua New Guinea: Police launch operation to free kidnapped Australian university professor and researchers

A police operation was under way on Monday to rescue an Australian university professor and three researchers taken hostage in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Reuters

Several foreigners among those kidnapped in highlands of PNG - police

Papua New Guinea police confirmed on Monday that several foreigners were among those kidnapped by armed criminals in the country's highlands region, hours after sources told Reuters an Australian university professor had been kidnapped in the region.

Daily Mirror

Tragic secret signal girl, 12, sent friend night she was kidnapped and killed

Jonelle Matthews sent the signal after being dropped off at her home in Greeley, Colorado. No one ever saw her alive again and her body was found buried 35 years later

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Says Six Copts Held In Libya Released

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced that the six Christian Egyptians who were kidnapped and illegally detained earlier this month in western Libya have been released. The six men, all relatives from Sohag, were abducted after traveling to Libya in search of work in early February. The Ministry said the Egyptian…

Crikey

‘The pilot also eats potatoes’: Papuan separatists say kidnapped NZ pilot is living in jungle with independence fighters

Papuan separatists have told Crikey a New Zealand pilot was taken hostage as a representative of the Pacific Nations family.

Daily Mirror

Nicola Bulley forensic expert claims missing dog walker 'could have been kidnapped'

Forensic expert Peter Faulding has been carrying out private underwater searches for missing mum of two Nicola Bulley, and says he does not personally think she is in the River Wyre

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