Nigeria says 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls freed in swap
By ISMAIL ALFA ABDULRAHIM and HARUNA UMAR Twenty-one of Nigeria’s Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago have been freed in a swap for detained leaders…
Hostage situations
Chilling details of France church attack as hostage speaks
By SYLVIE CORBET More horrifying details emerged Wednesday about an attack on a French village church even as the country’s main religious leaders sent a message of unity and solidarity…
Islamic State group claims attack that killed priest
By ELAINE GANLEY and ALEX TURNBULL Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-year-old priest by slitting…
Israel’s Netanyahu in Uganda to start 4-nation Africa tour
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country’s raid on Uganda’s Entebbe airport 40 years ago, in which his brother was killed, “changed the course” of his…
Girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found traumatized, with baby
By MICHELLE FAUL and HARUNA UMAR One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a…
UAE says army frees British hostage held in Yemen
The United Arab Emirates said Sunday that its military freed a British hostage held by al-Qaida in Yemen who had been kidnapped 18 months ago while working as a petroleum…
Family says daughter raped repeatedly while held by IS
By KEN DILANIAN American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family…
Croatia says 2 groups were involved in Salopek’s abduction
By AIDA CERKEZ Two separate groups were involved in the kidnapping of Tomislav Salopek in Egypt — one that kidnapped him and asked for a ransom before handing him over…