#ransom

Collection of ransom news, found 169 news.

Indonesia condemns abduction on Papua border

The Indonesian government has condemned the abduction of two Indonesian citizens in the area bordering Papua Province ...

Hostage situation in PNG not political: Chief security minister

The Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday that the recent ...

Second suspected human trafficking camp found in Thai South

A second suspected human trafficking camp has been discovered in southern Thailand, police said on Tuesday, following ...

UN Council condemns `heinous` Japanese hostage murder

The UN Security Council condemned Sunday the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a Japanese journalist, after Islamic ...

IS says it beheads Japanese hostage Goto

The Islamic State (IS) militant group claimed in a video it posted online late Saturday night that it beheaded the ...

1,000 fighters from Asia join IS group: US Commander

About 1,000 volunteers from the Asia-Pacific region have sought to join the Islamic State group, a senior military ...

Taliban free four Turkish engineers in Afghanistan

The Taliban Sunday freed four of eight Turkish engineers taken hostage last month after their helicopter crashed in ...

"Touched by Love" actress Deborah Raffin dies

Deborah Raffin, a Hollywood film and television actress who was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her role as a ...

Kidnappers release Indonesian seaman in Nigeria

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that Indonesian seaman Glenny Ferdinand Rugegbregt from Maluku, who ...

Indonesian seaman held hostage by Nigerian pirates

An Indonesian seaman, along with three other seamen from Malaysia, Thailand and Iran have been held hostage by armed ...

China rescues fishermen held by Somali pirates for 18 months

China has rescued a group of 26 fishermen, mainly Chinese and Vietnamese, who were taken from a Taiwanese trawler ...

First TV images of French reporter held in Colombia

The first images of a French journalist held captive for a month by leftist rebels in the Colombian jungle were ...

Colombia`s FARC pledge to free French journalist Wednesday

Colombian FARC rebels will free captive journalist Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, according to a statement from the ...

War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base: coastguard

War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two ...

Qaeda holding Saudi diplomat kidnapped in Yemen

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is holding a Saudi diplomat kidnapped last month in Yemen`s main southern city of ...