SOMALI MAN FOUND GUILTY IN KIDNAPPING OF CANADIAN JOURNALIST

Lindhout, a freelance journalist, was taken hostage in Somalia on Aug. 23, 2008, along with Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, while working on a story... READ MORE›

ACCUSED LINDHOUT KIDNAPPER TESTIFIES HE LIED TO POLICE ABOUT RANSOM MONEY

Ali omar ader twice told undercover rcmp officers he got 10k for ransom... READ MORE›

MOTHER PLEADED FOR AMANDA LINDHOUT'S FREEDOM DURING TENSE PHONE CALLS

Ali Omar Ader, a 40-year-old Somali national, has pleaded not guilty in Ontario Superior Court to a criminal charge of hostage-taking for his alleged role... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF CLINTON EMAILS WERE CLASSIFIED FROM THE START, U.S. RULES SUGGEST

State Department staff, including the secretary of state, receive training on how to classify and handle sensitive information, the department has said... READ MORE›

MEXICAN PRESIDENTS TIES TO CONTRACTOR RAISE QUESTIONS

When Mr. Pena Nieto ran for president, one of Mr. Hinojosa's companies ferried him around in a helicopter free, the Mexican news media reported... READ MORE›

ABU SAYYAF VIDEO 'SHOWS BEHEADING OF GERMAN HOSTAGE'

Abu Sayyaf is a small, but highly active group known for beheading, kidnapping, bombing and extortion in the south of the country... READ MORE›

KENYANS ARE PRETTY ANGRY AT CNN RIGHT NOW. HERE'S WHY

Kenyans ridicule US network CNN on Twitter for 'hotbed of terror' report... READ MORE›

MIKE BAIRD CHALLENGES ABBOTT TO DO MORE TO AID SYRIAN REFUGEES NOW

NSW Premier Mike Baird has challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to do more to help Syrian refugees saying stopping the boats can't be where this ends ... READ MORE›

OBAMA ALLOWS US HOSTAGE FAMILIES TO PAY RANSOMS

President Barack Obama has directed the US government not to threaten the hostages families with prosecution if they attempt to pay captors ransom... READ MORE›

PROFILE EMERGES OF SUSPECT IN ATTACK ON TRAIN TO PARIS

A Thalys train is not Charlie Hebdo, said Francois Heisbourg, a defense and security analyst at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris... READ MORE›

FIRST U.S.-TRAINED SYRIA REBEL BELIEVED KILLED IN FIGHTING

Defending the U.S.-trained fighters could become a growing job for United States, which has been waging air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria... READ MORE›

AT LEAST 800 ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS ARE READY TO LAUNCH ATTACKS IN EUROPE

At least 800 islamist extremists are ready to launch attacks in europe after returning from iraq and syria intelligence services warn... READ MORE›

BRITISH CHARITIES INVESTIGATED FOR TERROR LINKS

Charity Commission British charities investigated for terror links... READ MORE›

ISIL THREATENS SLAUGHTER IN THE STREETS OF THE WEST

He said Mr Kassig was a selfless humanitarian worker who had gone to the region to help care for those fleeing the Syrian conflict... READ MORE›

STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED IN TUNISIA

"Tunisia, which is dear to all of us, is going through difficult circumstances, exceptional circumstances, that necessitate exceptional measures to face them and prevent a worse situation," Mr. Essebsi said ..... READ MORE›

As four Americans languished in the Islamic State's network of jails in Syria, at least 15 hostages held alongside them were released... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA ADMITS IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WILL MEAN MORE MONEY FOR TERROR GROUPS

Critics of the agreement immediately responded by accusing Mr Obama of handing billions to the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism ... READ MORE›

ESCAPED CHIBOK GIRL AMINA ALI NKEKI

Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki in red, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, with her baby daughter... READ MORE›

OFFICIALS FEAR CIA MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WESTERN HOSTAGE

The surveillance lapse is being scrutinized as part of an internal CIA investigation of the death of Warren Weinstein U.S... READ MORE›

U.S. ACCUSES HACKER OF STEALING MILITARY MEMBERS DATA AND GIVING IT TO ISIS

Military AND Government HACKED by the Islamic State Hacking Division! Gallagher said in the complaint... READ MORE›

FIVE BRITONS A WEEK TRAVEL TO IRAQ AND SYRIA TO JOIN ISIS, SAYS MET CHIEF

Hogan-Howe said The advance of IS across Iraq and Syria, which happened incredibly quickly, indeed now towards Turkey, are not just the horrors of distant lands... READ MORE›

SOUTH AFRICAN HELD HOSTAGE BY AL-QAIDA IN MALI TELLS OF HIS ORDEAL

Stephen McGown, who was longest held of the Timbuktu Three, reveals he converted to Islam during his six years in captivity... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE TAKES SYRIAN STATE'S LAST OILFIELD

Islamist insurgents bombarded the heart of the Syrian capital Damascus and mortars killed at least one civilian and wounded scores, state television said... READ MORE›

JIHADIST JANE: ISLAMIC STATE SEEKING OUT WOMEN

Female jihadists' involvement in the Islamic State comes despite the militant group's dark history of how it treats women... READ MORE›

EX-HOSTAGE SAYS THERE MAY BE CANADIAN AL-QAEDA LINK

Former hostage Matthew Schrier worries about a Canadian in his early 20s who converted to Islam in his late teens, a man he has never met... READ MORE›

AS MANY AS 30 PEOPLE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE

Social media posts by alleged hostages claimed the gunman wanted to speak directly with Prime Minister Abbott... READ MORE›

SWEDISH MAN KIDNAPPED BY ISLAMIST MILITANTS IN MALI RELEASED AFTER SIX YEARS

Gustafsson, 42, was flown to Stockholm on a special Swedish government plane later Monday but he did not appear before media... READ MORE›

MEXICAN PRESIDENT CLEARED OF WRONGDOING IN MANSION PURCHASE

Social media buzzed with messages ridiculing the six-month investigation that was headed by Andrade a presidential appointee... READ MORE›

FOUR ARMED MEN BLOCK OFF APARTMENT BUILDING

Source Newsflare Nieuwsblad newspaper Media reported there already had been a hostage incident in Ghent linked to extortion two months ago... READ MORE›

SYDNEY SIEGE IN 9 DRAMATIC PICTURES

Around 15 people have been taken hostage by at least one gunman in the Lindt cafe on Martin Street, in the city's Central Business District... READ MORE›

COMMENT: THIS IS WHAT A GOVERNMENT HITTING THE WALL LOOKS LIKE

Governments like to control the terrain over which an election is fought... READ MORE›

COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR GENERAL FEARED KIDNAPPED BY FARC REBELS

If confirmed, it would be the first time in a half-century of conflict that the rebels have taken an army general hostage, Colombian media is reporting... READ MORE›

MIKE BAIRD CHALLENGES ABBOTT TO DO MORE TO AID SYRIAN REFUGEES NOW

NSW Premier Mike Baird has challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott to do more to help Syrian refugees saying stopping the boats can't be where this ends ... READ MORE›