Kidnapping

Hezbollah chief Qassem denounces Beirut's inaction following alleged kidnapping of Ahmad Shukr

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem accused Lebanon of inaction over the reported kidnapping of former officer Ahmad Shukr and reiterated Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.
A Palestinian Hamas terrorist stands next to heavy machinery, after Hamas said that it found the body of an Israeli hostage soldier on Tuesday and prepares to return it to Israel through the Red Cross, in Gaza City, November 4, 2025.

Hamas publishes second 'Our Narrative' document two years after October 7 massacre

Image of accused, Osman Azizov, 18

Antisemitic ISIS-tied rape, kidnapping plot conspirator on bail as Toronto Jews question safety

A group of freed school children are seen during a reception at the Governor's office in Minna on December 8, 2025.

Remaining abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed, government says


Police arrest two Bedouin residents for kidnapping, sexual assault of 15-year-old in the South

A similar offense occurred in April 2023, where three Bedouin residents from Laqiya were arrested for attempted kidnapping and assault of a resident of Kiryat Malakhi.

 A police car at night.

Nigerian village celebrates the return of kidnapped students

The army announced on Sunday it had rescued 137 hostages in the neighboring state of Zamfara, days before a deadline to pay a 1 billion naira ($767,000) ransom for their release.

Nigerian students and staff who were kidnapped this month arrive after they were freed, in Kaduna, Nigeria March 28, 2024.

Biden threatens Russia with costs on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary

Gershkovich, 32, became the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 last year.

: Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in this handout picture taken in Moscow, Russia, 2019.

Final three defendants in Lev Tahor cult abduction case convicted

All nine suspects in the case have been convicted, including Lev Tahor’s leader, Nachman Helbrans.

 Members of the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor, whose members are suspected of a string of serious crimes, walk along a road after escaping from a detention center where they were being held following a raid, in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico September 28, 2022.

Ex-Shin Bet official admits: Israel doesn't have means to rescue all hostages

Former Shin Bet official Yossi Amrosi discussed intelligence efforts to rescue hostages in an interview with Yoav Mintz on Radio North 104.5FM.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 17, 2024.

Nearly 300 Nigerian students released after abduction in Kaduna

The kidnapping, which took place on March 7 in Kuriga, a dusty town in northwestern Kaduna State, was the first mass kidnapping in the country since 2021.

 A boy holds a sign to protest against, what a teacher, local councilor and parents said, the kidnapping of hundreds school pupils by gunmen after the Friday prayer in Kaduna, Nigeria March 8, 2024.

Brands Support National Hope for Abductee Return

Since Black Friday, Israeli companies have shown solidarity through financial and emotional support for the abductees, avoiding any perception of cynicism with sacred symbols.


Prominent Australian anti-Israel activist confirmed in kidnapping plot

The kidnapping victim's fingers were broken, and he was forced to surrender his smartwatch and phone.

 Pro-Palestinian protestors block the hotel hosting families of Israeli hostages, Melbourne, Australia, November 29, 2023

Gunmen kidnap 227 pupils from school in Nigeria

More than 200 students and faculty kidnapped from a town in northern Nigeria, as hostage-taking remains endemic to Nigeria, disrupting lives and preventing students from obtaining an education.

 Remaining girls who were kidnapped from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok are seen in an unknown location in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on January 15, 2018.

Madeleine McCann case revelation: Prime suspect plotted to steal, sell a child - report

Madeleine McCann vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal, in 2007. Now, a chilling detail emerges, potentially a key to the long-unsolved mystery

 Madeleine McCann