ransom

The captivity and rescue of Amanda Lindhout and Nigel Brennan—and what happened once they were back home

A letter from the leadership of al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch to its erstwhile employee, regional terrorist chief Moktar...

But the Colombian leftist rebels are still holding numerous ’economic prisoners’ for ransom

Robert Fowler, the Canadian diplomat who, along with fellow Canadian Louis Guay, was held captive for four months by al-Qaeda in...

I’ve just spoken with a source who is familiar with the negotiations that took place for the release of Canadian diplomats...

I have an article in tomorrow’s print edition of Maclean’s about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the Islamist group that held...

The Pakistan Observer is reporting that two Taliban leaders held on charges of terrorism and murder of foreign troops were...