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Instagram kidnap: could it happen to you?

Olia Kedik, also known as Olia Moda, is a Russian fashion blogger based in San Francisco, California. Her Instagram account was hacked in early August 2018, and hackers bribed her to pay 350 dollars to get it back.

Italy

Polish man handed 16-year jail term for kidnap of British model

It's after British model Chloe Ayling told Italian police she'd been lured to a photo shoot in Italy's fashion capital last summer, abducted and held captive for six days by Lukasz Herba

Democratic Republic Of Congo

British tourists kidnapped in Congo speak out after being freed

Two British tourists who were kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday have been released, Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson confirmed Sunday.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

British tourists kidnapped in DR Congo released

Two Britons kidnapped in Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga National Park have been released, Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson said.

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Republic of the Congo

Woman who died trying to protect Brit tourists from kidnappers is named

Unidentified armed men ambushed the tourists' convoy on Friday and killed the park ranger while they were gorilla trekking at Virunga National Park.

United Kingdom

Britain apologises for appalling treatment of Libyan dissident & his wife

UK intelligence services helped the CIA abduct Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his then-pregnant wife in 2004 from Thailand to return them to Tripoli, where Abdul was tortured. Now Britain has admitted its mistake and paid compensation.

Kosovo

Erdogan slams Kosovo PM over sackings after Gulen-linked deportations

The Turkish president promises Ramush Haradinaj "he will pay" for sacking senior officials after six Turks working in Kosovo were hunted down and deported back to Turkey.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Scores of kidnapped schoolgirls are freed

The government says 76 of the 110 girls abducted in Dapchi last month by Islamist militants have been returned to the northeastern town

USA

Lana Del Rey kidnapping foiled

Police in the USA have arrested a man who reportedly threatened to kidnap the singer Lana Del Rey

France

Suspect denies abduction of girl from French wedding

Colombia

Colombia's ELN rebels admit hostage killed in April

Colombia's ELN rebel group has admitted a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April.

Iran

Baby found dead in car stolen from family driveway

Afghanistan

Afghan children 'abducted for training as suicide bombers'

Iraq

Male style icon's body found mutilated in Baghdad

Nigeria

Boko Haram frees 82 Chibok school girls

82 Nigerian schoolgirls Kidnapped by Boko Haram three years ago in Chibok have been freed.

Nigeria

Boko Haram frees 82 Chibok schoolgirls in prisoner swap

Boko Haram militants have released 82 of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in the Nigerian town of Chibok more than three years ago.

Colombia

UN official kidnapped by dissident former FARC rebels

A UN official is said to have been kidnapped in Colombia by dissident, former FARC rebels who have rejected the peace process.

Mexico

Mexico probe into suspected student massacre 'has stalled'

A human rights group says the investigation into the disappearance of 43 student teachers in 2014 has failed to make significant progress for 16 months.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

UN refugees released by South Sudanese refugee captors

More than a dozen United Nations mission staff have been released by South Sudanese refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

News

1000 days with Boko Haram: any hope for the remaining 196 Chibok schoolgirls?

The world was struck with distraught in April 2014 when Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram raided a school's dormitories at night in the northern town of Chibok and abducted 276 schoolgirls.