https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Islamic militants who specialize in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their yacht in waters off the southern Philippines, the military said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161107/german-sailors-abducted-killed-in-philippines-military Mon, 07 Nov 2016 10:06:06 +0100 german-sailors-abducted-killed-in-philippines-military A woman has died after being held against her will since March in a farmhouse in Lower Saxony and subjected to "brutal violence". https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/woman-dies-after-being-held-hostage-for-weeks-in-farmhouse Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:54:47 +0200 woman-dies-after-being-held-hostage-for-weeks-in-farmhouse A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in August has been released and is in good health, said German development organisation GIZ on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151018/kidnapped-german-aid-worker-freed-in-afghanistan Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:44:46 +0200 kidnapped-german-aid-worker-freed-in-afghanistan