Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 25 (ANI): A 22-year-old youth has been abducted in Khair town of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district and unknown persons have demanded a ransom of Rs 19 lakh in exchange for the boy's safe return, police said.
Niamey [Niger], March 22 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 40 civilians were killed Sunday night by unidentified gunmen in several locations in Niger's western region of Tahoua, close to the border with Mali, a security source told Xinhua on Monday.
Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 18 (ANI): A girl has alleged that she was raped by four youth from her village in Zaidpur of Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district on Wednesday, said the police.
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) called on the Iranian government to provide "credible answers" surrounding the abduction and likely death of former FBI agent Robert Levinson on the 14th anniversary of his disappearance.
Lagos [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu said on Saturday.
Abuja [Nigeria], February 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday called for the immediate release of several hundred schoolgirls kidnapped from a secondary school in northwest Nigeria.
Abuja [Nigeria], February 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Three policemen were killed when gunmen attacked a zoological garden in southeast Nigeria, authorities said on Monday.
Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh) [India], February 22 (ANI): A case has been registered after a woman alleged that she was abducted and raped here, police said on Sunday.
Maiduguri [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI): An aid worker of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who has been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from a major highway in northeast Borno State, has pleaded the authorities to rescue him in a video released by the Boko Haram terr
Kangpokpi (Manipur) [India], February 20 (ANI): One resident of Kalapahar, who was abducted, was rescued, while one suspected individual to be part of the kidnapping case was apprehended on Saturday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 18 (ANI): In a bid to highlight the plight of minority communities in Pakistan, a rights group -- Baloch Voice of Missing Persons (BVMP) has been holding demonstrations in Islamabad over the issue of forced abduction, torture, and harassment of the people of
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.