Kidnapped journalist, translator released
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US journalist Micah Garen, who was kidnapped Aug. 13 in the southern city of Nasiriyah, was released along with his Iraqi translator after anti-American cleric
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TWO truck drivers from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka kidnapped in Iraq by the same militant group that claims to be holding two French journalists have been released by their captors, officials said today.
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The BBC's Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston, 45,  is freed from kidnappers after almost four months in captivity, and is handed over to officials of the Palestinian Hamas administration.
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An Australian journalist was seized by militants in Iraq for nearly 24 hours, but then released unharmed.
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The two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq have been released after more than four months, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confirmed today.
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released.
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The release of three United Nations workers who had been held hostage for more than three weeks took place early Tuesday in what appeared to be an orchestrated handover.
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BAGHDAD - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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A British reporter is handed over to UK officials after being freed by his kidnappers in southern Iraq.
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Palestinian militants yesterday released an Israeli Arab who works as a producer for CNN a day after abducting him at gunpoint in the
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The French Foreign Ministry has confirmed that two French journalists held hostage by an Iraqi insurgency group since August have been released.
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BAGHDAD - A US journalist kidnapped in Iraq more than a week ago was released Sunday. In an interview with Al-Jazeera television, Micah Garen, 36, thanked representatives of radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for working to secure his release.
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A video of a British journalist and an audio recording of a kidnapped Iraqi solider were released by militants today.
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Six foreign oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Tuesday after three days in captivity, officials said.
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Kidnappers have lifted their threat to kill a US journalist abducted in the southern city of Nasiriyah along with his Iraqi translator, an
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A kidnapped Iranian diplomat has been released after more than a month in captivity, the Iranian Embassy said Monday.
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.