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Germany orders all three Iranian consulates in the country to close in response to the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped by Iranian agents in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in 2020.
2024-10-31

La Familia Michoacana drug cartel kidnap 14 people from Texcaltitlán, state of Mexico, in retaliation for a previous incident in which 10 cartel members were killed by residents of the town.
2023-12-28

A jury in Michigan, United States, issues guilty verdicts for three men who aided in the foiled plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
2022-10-26

ISWAP releases a video showing the execution of five kidnapped aid workers in Nigeria. The International Rescue Committee and Action Against Hunger confirmed the authenticity of the video and condemned the killings of their colleagues.
2020-07-22

Unidentified gunmen kidnap 10 humanitarian aid workers in southwestern Niger, their NGO reports. Gunmen in the area have previously stolen several vehicles from the International Committee of the Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières.
2020-06-25

Taliban militants say they have kidnapped 27 local peace activists in Farah Province as they were traveling from Herat Province.
2019-12-25

Robert Zoellick, the President of the World Bank estimates that the 2010 Pakistan floods have caused $1 billion in damages to crops.
2010-08-14

President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari makes his first visit to the affected areas.
2010-08-12

Nearly 1 million people are estimated to have been left homeless during the ongoing severe floods in Pakistan.
2010-08-4