Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Hostage Drama In Mossel Bay

A 39-year-old man in Mossel Bay took family members hostage yesterday, firing on police during a tense stand off. It didn’t end well for him.

French Journalists, Held By Taliban Since December 2009, Freed

After 547 days of being held as hostages in Afghanistan, two French journalists,Hervé Ghesquière and Stéphane Taponier, have been released and are due back in France today. The two were kidnapped on the 30th of December 2009 along with their Afghan translator, fixer and driver in the mountainous Kapisa province northeast of the Afghan capital of Kabul.