Supporters of Algeria cheer at World Cup in Brazil

Supporters of Algeria cheer at World Cup in Brazil

BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - Supporters of Algeria cheer for the North African national football team in a game against Belgium at the FIFA World Cup finals in Belo Horizonte, southeastern Brazil, on June 17, 2014.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

Algeria hostage crisis

Algeria hostage crisis

PARIS, France - Koichi Kawana, president of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp., arrives in Paris on Jan. 19, 2013, en route to Algeria to deal with a hostage crisis involving JGC staff. A total of 17 Japanese nationals were working at a gas plant in southeastern Algeria for JGC when Islamist militants seized the facility on Jan. 16.

Abe in Southeast Asia

Abe in Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jan. 17, 2013, about the hostage-taking of Japanese and other foreign nationals working at a gas facility in southeastern Algeria.

Abe in Southeast Asia

Abe in Southeast Asia

HANOI, Vietnam - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Jan. 17, 2013, about the hostage-taking of Japanese and other foreign nationals working at a gas facility in southeastern Algeria.