French aid worker, 75, is released by her Al-Qaeda captors and will be welcomed home by Macron 

French aid worker Sophie Petronin will be welcomed home by President Emmanuel Macron Friday after suspected jihadist hostage-takers freed the 75-year-old from nearly four years of captivity in Mali. Petronin was released along with a top Malian politician and two Italian hostages late Thursday. The last French citizen known to have been held hostage anywhere … Read more

Church massacre leaves five dead as police negotiate with captors in Johannesburg

Church hostage massacre in South Africa: Thirty gunmen storm place of worship and leave five dead after ‘feud between warring Christian religious factions’ The killings took place at International Pentecost Holiness Church in Zuurbekom It is believed the massacre happened amid a leadership battle at the church  Police scrambled to the scene at 3am local … Read more