The scene in Bulomarer, Somalia on late Friday night was like the end of Zero Dark Thirty gone terribly awry, as a clandestine hostage extraction mission turned into an hours-long shootout. The ...

NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - A leader of al Qaeda's north African wing warned France on Saturday that any attempt to forcibly rescue six French citizens held hostage by the militant group could lead to ...

NIAMEY/PARIS (Reuters) - France said two of its nationals were found dead, apparently executed by their kidnappers, after French special forces joined a failed attempt to rescue them on Saturday in ...

PARIS - A 78-year-old ailing French aid worker was executed "in cold blood" by al-Qaida's North African branch three months after his capture, in retaliation for a failed rescue attempt that killed ...

Islamist sect, Boko Haram was paid an equivalent of around $3.15 million by French and Cameroonian negotiators before freeing seven French hostages this month, Reuters reported Friday quoting ‘a ...