Embassy official: 2 Spanish hostages freed in Mali, en route to Burkina Faso

Embassy official: 2 Spanish aid workers freed

French hostage freed after abduction in Mali by North Africa’s al-Qaida offshoot

French hostage freed in Mali

PARIS — A French hostage held captive in Mali for three months by Al-Qaida’s North Africa offshoot was freed Tuesday, following a contested court decision ordering a jail release for four suspected members of the militant group that abducted him.