BAGHDAD – A Shiite militant group in Iraq has posted an Internet video showing an American it says it abducted and who appears to be a contractor reported missing by the U.S. military.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that Baghdad government had played the lead role in Mr Moore’s release and that Britain made no “substantive concessions to the kidnappers.
Five British sailors are being detained after their racing yacht may have inadvertently strayed into Iranian waters.
Amanda Lindhout and Australian photographer Nigel Brennan narrowly missed being shot or recaptured during the daring – and some are alleging foolhardy – nighttime rescue last week that freed them after 15 months of captivity in Somalia.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released a video that shows an alleged alcohol trader being held prisoner.
SANAA, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Yemeni tribesmen have released a Japanese engineer they abducted and he has arrived in Sanaa, the governor of the capital said on Monday.
Members of al-Qaeda have taken a Japanese engineer from the tribe of Koub in Arhab district in Sana’a to unknown direction, chieftain told News Yemen.
According to Yemen Post sources, Arhab tribesmen have been abducted the Japanese engineer, Yu Mchmio, 63 years, to pressure the Yemeni government to release a member of the tribe who belongs to Al-Qaeda and detained in prison four years ago.
DUBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) – Yemeni rebels on Monday posted footage of a man they identified as one of several Saudi soldiers in their custody as Riyadh continued its offensive against the Shi’ite insurgents.
