Tag: kidnapping

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city, authorities say

NIAMEY, Niger — An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, the first time…

‘Where are our children?’: Missing Mexico students, ten years on • FRANCE 24 English

It has to be one of the world’s most mysterious, most macabre disappearances of a group of people. Ten years ago, 43 young trainee teachers studying at a…

France manhunt: cameras record brutal ambush as “drug boss” freed and guards shot dead | BBC News

Hundreds of police officers in France are hunting for an armed gang who ambushed a prison van on a busy road near Rouen in Normandy , shooting dead…

The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials…

Hurdles remain as Israel and Hamas once again inch toward a ceasefire deal

JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas once again appear to be inching toward a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of…