A local village head said that the leader of the gunmen had demanded $119,000 from the villages as retribution after Nigerian ...

A British aid worker kidnapped last month in southern Nigeria has been killed, while three other hostages have been freed, says the Foreign Office. Ian Squire, an optician, was one of four Britons ...

The residents were kidnapped after the villages failed to pay a "tax" imposed on them by the gunmen, witnesses said. In ...

Having paid a ransom three times to secure the freedom of his loved ones, Nigerian businessman Lawal Ado is not impressed by moves to outlaw payments to kidnappers. A controversial bill to ...

Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Mohammed in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state, a local official said Tuesday.

An autopsy report was released Sunday for 14-year-old Lyric Woods who was shot and killed in Orange County. According to the report, Lyric Woods was shot seven times near a power-line easement in ...

At least 14 migrants were killed in a fire in the town of Coronel, some 530 kilometers south of Santiago, in the region of Biobio, it was reported Monday. “Unfortunately, 14 neighbors of our ...

Despite a boycott call by the Maoists, villagers in Naxal-infested Bastar of Chhattisgarh turned out to vote in large numbers. Unlike the Indian cricket team in the World Cup, the Congress may ...

An army drone strike accidentally hit a village in northwestern Nigeria killing dozens of civilians celebrating a Muslim festival, local authorities, the military and residents said on Monday.

Nov. 14 (UPI) --The family of Israeli-Canadian peace activist, Vivian Silver, who was initially believed to have been kidnapped alongside hundreds of hostages during the Hamas-led raid into ...