Abducted In Yemen

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked her visiting Yemeni Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi to secure the safe and early release of abducted Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil after being told he was still alive.

A Keralite priest kidnapped after an attack on a care home in Yemen's southern port city of Aden last year has appealed for help in a video recording carried by a Yemeni news website.

India on Monday said it was in regular touch with Yemeni authorities and Saudi Arabia regarding the safe release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted nearly nine months ago from war-torn Yemen, after a video of the priest pleading for help became viral.

Kerala Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today pleaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps for the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in the war-torn Yemen in March this year.

The Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release has reached its last leg, a government official said today.

There is no "adverse" report about the 40 people from Punjab held hostage in Iraq by ISIS terrorists and a Catholic priest from Kerala abducted by the same group in Yemen, the Centre said today.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.

A priest from Kerala, priest abducted by gunmen in Yemen last month, is safe and could be released soon, a Catholic group said today, quoting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

India today strongly advised its nationals to avoid travelling in "any circumstances, by any means, for any purpose" to war-torn Yemen, where an Indian nun has been killed and a priest abducted in recent attacks.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, missing in Yemen since early this month, has been abducted by a terror group and the government is making all efforts to rescue him.

President Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Wednesday that Nigerian authorities were talking to Boko Haram prisoners in their custody and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last year.

A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.

A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, the French president's office said in a statement, adding that she would come back to France in the coming hours.

Suspected Shiite rebels kidnapped Yemen's second highest intelligence official from his house in the capital Sanaa today, security officials and a close associate of the general said.

Al-Qaeda militants on Friday abducted and executed 15 Yemeni soldiers in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military official said.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today asked her visiting Yemeni Abdulmalik Abduljalil Al-Mekhlafi to secure the safe and early release of abducted Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil after being told he was still alive.

A Keralite priest kidnapped after an attack on a care home in Yemen's southern port city of Aden last year has appealed for help in a video recording carried by a Yemeni news website.

India on Monday said it was in regular touch with Yemeni authorities and Saudi Arabia regarding the safe release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted nearly nine months ago from war-torn Yemen, after a video of the priest pleading for help became viral.

Kerala Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala today pleaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps for the release of Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in the war-torn Yemen in March this year.

The Kerala priest abducted in Yemen is safe and efforts to secure his release has reached its last leg, a government official said today.

There is no "adverse" report about the 40 people from Punjab held hostage in Iraq by ISIS terrorists and a Catholic priest from Kerala abducted by the same group in Yemen, the Centre said today.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted by a terror group in Yemen, is "safe" and efforts are underway for his early release, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told a delegation of Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI), the organisation's spokesman said on Sunday.

A priest from Kerala, priest abducted by gunmen in Yemen last month, is safe and could be released soon, a Catholic group said today, quoting Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj.

India today strongly advised its nationals to avoid travelling in "any circumstances, by any means, for any purpose" to war-torn Yemen, where an Indian nun has been killed and a priest abducted in recent attacks.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said that Indian priest Father Tom Uzhunnalil, missing in Yemen since early this month, has been abducted by a terror group and the government is making all efforts to rescue him.

President Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Wednesday that Nigerian authorities were talking to Boko Haram prisoners in their custody and could offer them amnesty if the extremist group hands over more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last year.

A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.

A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, the French president's office said in a statement, adding that she would come back to France in the coming hours.

Suspected Shiite rebels kidnapped Yemen's second highest intelligence official from his house in the capital Sanaa today, security officials and a close associate of the general said.

Al-Qaeda militants on Friday abducted and executed 15 Yemeni soldiers in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a military official said.