Thieves in France steal jewellery worth up to $1.2 million
Thieves in northern France stole jewellery worth up to $1.2 million after taking a jeweller and his wife hostage; investigators opened kidnapping and crime probes.
UK in denial over hostage-taking by foreign states, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
UK government has not appointed a promised special envoy and is failing to make release of arbitrarily detained British nationals a consistent diplomatic priority.
Iran releases two French nationals imprisoned for three years
Iran released two French nationals, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, jailed on spying charges for over three years; they reached the French embassy awaiting return.