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According to police, the group was suspected of being involved in kidnapping a male Chinese national and a local woman near Cyberjaya.

The school children, some older students and members of school staff were abducted on March 7, in the first mass kidnapping in the country.

Talks were under way with kidnappers to seek the release of the missionaries abducted by a gang called 400 Mawozo, a minister confirms.

Police rescued a Bangladeshi man, suspected to have been abducted by his fellow countrymen, at a house in Bandar Teknologi Kajang, yesterday.

The kidnappers promised the children would be safe if parents delivered rice, beans, palm oil, salt and stock cubes.

President Muhammadu Buhari said the practice of paying ransoms had encouraged kidnappers.

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Gunmen have released girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school in the northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara.

The posting on the warning by the police, specifically to schools, to be wary of two women who are part of a child kidnapping syndicate, is false.

During their time in captivity the girls were encouraged to convert to Islam and to marry their kidnappers, with some whipped for not doing so.

Three members of a kidnap-for-ransom group from the southern Philippines have been shot dead by security forces in Lahad Datu, last night.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said authorisation granted to Malaysia by the Philippines government to enter its waters in pursuit of kidnappers will ease operations carried ou

The approval was granted by Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte during a bilateral meeting held in conjunction with the Philippines president's two-day official visit to Malaysia yesterday.

Datuk Seri Najib Razak also said it is impossible for the government to place military assets at all locations all the time to secure the border.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed said Malaysian authorities know who is involved in the kidnapping and negotiations are ongoing for the release of the five Malaysians.

A wealthy ex-general with ties to Indonesia's popular outgoing president and its dictatorial past, looks set to be its next leader.

The "Axis of Resistance", built up with years of Iranian support, includes Hamas, the Lebanese Hezbollah group, the Houthi movement in Yemen, and various Shi'ite groups in Iraq and Syria.

Russia is ready to help seek compromises between arch-foes Israel and Iran, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, saying these would be difficult but possible.

The proposal is also to establish a BRICS reinsurance company to allow uninterrupted shipment of goods and key commodities between members.

Prabowo calls the programme one of the main drivers of economic growth, eventually set to add an estimated 2.5 million jobs.

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Residents of Jabalia said Israeli tanks had reached the heart of the camp after pushing through suburbs and residential districts.

Cheryl Tweedy used her statement to urge the media to remember they had a seven-year-old son, Bear, who could read the reports.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati as head of Indonesia's Ministry of Finance is expected to instil confidence among investors.

Israel has frequently resisted US advice and has caused political difficulties for the Biden administration.