The Latest Breaking News from Kidnapping

Ninth teen charged over alleged murder

A 19-year-old man taken into custody at Melbourne Airport has become the ninth teen charged over an alleged murder and kidnapping in the city's northeast.

AAP · Dec 2, 2022

Houthis Escalate Suppression Against Women

The Houthi militia increased its suppression against women in Sanaa, and other areas under its control, amid several accusations of local and international parties accusing the group of escalating its repressive campaigns and committing numerous attacks against Yemenis. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms revealed in a recent report…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 1, 2022

Iran Sentences 4 People to Death for ‘Cooperating’ with Israeli Intelligence

Four people were sentenced to death on Wednesday by Iran's judiciary for allegedly cooperating with the Israeli intelligence service and committing kidnappings, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. Tehran has long accused arch-enemy Israel of carrying out covert operations on its soil. It has lately accused Israeli and Western intelligence…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 30, 2022

Man arrested after reports of three attempted kidnappings of schoolgirls in Salford

A 15-year-old schoolgirl was approached by a man at a bus stop in Monton last week

Manchester Evening News · Nov 28, 2022

Texas woman found by family 51 years after being kidnapped as baby

Melissa Highsmith, who family say was abducted in Fort Worth in 1971, located in South Carolina, more than 1,000 miles away

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2022

UP: Six booked for raping, forcing conversion in Bareilly

The victim and his brothers of kidnapping her at first and demanding money. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Nov 28, 2022

Judge denies bid for new trial in Whitmer kidnapping case

A federal judge has denied a new trial request by two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022

Colombia's ex-FARC leaders face up to eight year sentences for kidnappings

Colombia's transitional justice tribunal recommended sentencing seven former FARC guerilla commanders to five to eight years for kidnappings and similar crimes during the country's decades-long armed conflict.

Reuters · Nov 25, 2022

Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack in the northwest

Nigerian gunmen kidnapped at least 60 people in a remote community in northwestern Zamfara state who were mostly women observing Prophet Muhammad's birthday, residents said on Thursday in the latest wave of abductions to hit the state.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Missing German missionary in Mali feared to be kidnapped

A German missionary who went missing in Mali's capital Bamako on Sunday is feared to have been kidnapped, the city's archbishop said.

Reuters · Nov 23, 2022