French newsman 'held in Somalia'
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A French journalist is abducted in northern Somalia by unidentified gunmen, sources say.
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France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago.
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A radio journalist in Niger has been arrested on charges of passing government secrets to Tuareg rebels during interviews, officials said Saturday.
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Journalist held hostage in Gaza for almost four months, has been released, BBC confirms.
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Afghanistan has detained two foreign nationals, who local news portals described as European, for posing a threat to national security, a presidential palace official said on Tuesday.
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A French journalist, Gwen Le Gouil, is abducted in northern Somalia by unidentified gunmen.
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A shadowy Iraqi group has released two French news reporters, who have spent almost four months in captivity. France reacted with joy Tuesday at the news that reporters Christian Chesnot and George Malbrunot had finally been released.
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Greek police said on Friday they had  arrested a man suspected of selling corporate secrets from  France's Dassault Group, including data on weapons systems.
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French counterterrorism officials detained five suspected Islamic militants thought to be linked to a Moroccan man with alleged ties to al-Qaida, judicial and police officials said.
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Negotiations are underway to free a French journalist, Gwen Le Gouil, abducted in northern Somalia on Sunday.
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Officials have held an American citizen in custody for more than a year in Ethiopia's restive Somali region, the region's top security official said Sunday.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen wants international media watchdogs to press for his release, a Somali journalist related to the kidnappers said on Thursday.
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Afghanistan has detained two foreign nationals, who local news portals described as "European", for posing a threat to national security, a presidential palace official said on Tuesday.
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A French national jailed in Iran for more than a year for straying into territorial waters during a fishing expedition was released on Sunday, French diplomats said.
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A Frenchman presenting himself as an unofficial negotiator said in a telephone interview with a radio station that he was with two French reporters who are being held hostage by insurgents in Iraq.
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An Egyptian released by kidnappers in Iraq said he was temporarily held with two Frenchmen, but did not say if they were two journalists abducted in August, and whose whereabouts are still unknown.
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The French newspaper whose reporter in Baghdad has been missing since last week said Monday it seemed increasingly likely that she was abducted.