Hashish addict Noor Rehman has spent three years chained to a concrete slab covered by insects.

Only one man escaped after the gunmen held up two vehicles on a road in Ghor province.

More than 10.8 million Syrians are in need of aid, according to UN officials.

The Dyczynskis have been clinging to hope that Fatima, the only child, somehow survived the disaster.

The daily said it was unclear who detained them or why.

The development follows lawyers acting for about one-third of those on board.

Fresh Israeli fire early Friday pushed the overall Palestinian death toll in Gaza to over 800.

The Israeli precision strike hit a UN school sheltering some of the 100,000 Palestinians.

The agreement was signed by representatives of the mainly Muslim Seleka rebel coalition and Christian vigilante forces

UNHCR says 75,000 refugees, migrants arrived in Italy, Greece, Spain and Malta in first half of 2014, a 25% increase.