Five U.N. staff abducted in southern Yemen

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Five United Nations staff have been abducted in southern Yemen while returning to Aden after a field mission, the United Nations said on Saturday. The staff were…

Gunmen abduct 73 children from school in northwest Nigeria

(Reuters) -Armed men kidnapped 73 children from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara in the latest mass abduction in the region, police said in a statement on…

Afghan team arrives in Pakistan to probe abduction of its envoy’s daughter

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 2 (ANI): A team from Afghanistan has arrived in Pakistan to investigate the abduction of the Afghan ambassador's daughter, the country's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on…

Pakistan stooped too low even by its standards: India on abduction of Afghan top envoy’s daughter in Islamabad

By Naveen Kapoor New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Terming the abduction of Afghan top envoy's daughter in Islamabad last week as a "very shocking incident" India on Thursday said…

Daughter of Afghan envoy in Pak abducted, ‘severely tortured’ before release; Kabul strongly condemns ‘heinous act’

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 17 (ANI): Afghanistan on Saturday strongly condemned the abduction of its envoy Najib Alikhil's daughter in Pakistan and called upon Islamabad to identify and prosecute the perpetrators…