A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen six months ago have been freed in the capital Sanaa, state news agency Saba said on Tuesday in a report confirmed by the Dutch ambassador. "Dutch journalist Judith Spiegel and her partner Boudewijn Berendsen, abducted since June 8 have been freed," Saba quoted a security official as saying. The Dutch ambassador in Sanaa Jeroen Verheul wrote on Twitter: "Happy to confirm that Judith and Boudewijn have been released safe and sound."