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Mexico

Mexican footballer Alan Pulido 'very well' after kidnap ordeal ends

Mexican international footballer Alan Pulido has been freed following his abduction in the country at the weekend.

World News

Kidnapped Olympiakos player freed in Mexico

25-year-old striker Alan Pulido is found after being abducted from his car on Saturday.

Colombia

Spanish journalist freed in Colombia

Spanish journalist Salud Hernández has been freed by after six days in captivity in Colombia.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Fresh hope for families after one of missing Chibok girls is found

There is fresh hope for the relatives of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, after one of them was found.

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Nigeria

Kidnapped Chibok girl found in Nigeria - reports

Amina Ali Nkek was reportedly found in the Sambisa Forest, close to Nigeria's border with Cameroon.

Pakistan

Freed son of former Pakistani Prime Minister returns home

The freed son of a former prime minister of Pakistan has returned to his family home in Lahore. Ali Haider Gilani was freed from Taliban captivity by

Pakistan

Pakistan: Ex-PM's son rescued in Afghanistan

The kidnapped son of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has been rescued in Afghanistan following a joint operation by Afghan and

Turkey

Journalists freed in Syria return home to Spain

Three Spanish freelance journalists who were kidnapped in Syria last July have returned home on Sunday after being released. On Saturday it was

Mexico

Independent probe into Mexico's missing 43 slams government interference

Thousands of activists have taken to the streets of Mexico City to demand the government implement the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Syria

ISIL claims to have shot down Syrian plane and captured pilot

ISIL fighters said they had shot down a government warplane in Syria on Friday. They released footage of what they said was the burning wreckage of

Nigeria

New video of "Chibok girls" puts pressure on Nigerian government

Emotional parents have identified some of their daughters, kidnapped from a school in the town of Chibok two years ago

Nigeria

The second anniversary of the kidnapping by Boko Haram of the "Chibok Girls"

They have become the most notorious victims of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and known as the Chibok girls. The group has made kidnapping a

Nigeria

"Bring Back Our Girls" parents mark second anniversary of abduction

Parent desperation for missing Chibok schoolgirls New proof of life of three girls UN reports on Boko Haram’s use of child bombers It is a

Syria

Syria: ISIL alleged to have kidnapped 250 factory employees

Approximately 250 Syrians are feared kidnapped following an alleged ISIL attack east of Damascus. The cement factory employees have been unreachable

Nigeria

Nigeria's president offers to negotiate schoolgirls' release

Nigeria’s new president says the government is prepared to negotiate with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram “without preconditions” to secure

World News

Mexico: parents of 43 missing students protest

The parents of 43 college students who disappeared 15 months ago protested in Mexico City on Saturday (December 26) demanding to know what happened

Argentina

Argentina: grandmother of missing child vows to 'continue fighting' after ID error

After almost four decades, she was filled with hope that a missing granddaughter had finally been found. But Maria Isabel de Mariani, the founder of

Iraq

Doha working with Iraq to secure release of 26 kidnapped Qataris

The Foreign Ministry in Doha says it is working with Iraqi authorities to organise the release of twenty six of its citizens. Around a hundred

Lebanon

Son of former Libyan leader Gadhafi freed after being kidnapped

Hannibal Gadhafi, a son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi, has reportedly been freed after being kidnapped by an unknown Lebanese group. He

Nigeria

Polish cargo crew kidnapped off Nigeria are freed

A Polish cargo vessel crew, kidnapped last month off the Nigerian coast, have been freed. “Everything ended happily. The sailors are safe and sound