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›

GUNMAN TREATED AND ARRESTED AFTER TAKING PAIR HOSTAGE AT U.K. BOWLING ALLEY; TERRORISM RULED OUT

LONDON - A gunman who reportedly held two employees hostage at a central England bowling alley was arrested Sunday night after armed police moved in... 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›

KIDNAPPED CANADIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY FREED IN PAKISTAN GUN BATTLE AFTER 5 YEARS IN CAPTIVITY

I've personally written to several of the most senior government officials in Afghanistan, those with great power over the execution of your brothers, Patrick Boyle says... 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›

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PRIEST KILLED BY TWO 'IS SOLDIERS'

The two attackers, who said they were from the so-called Islamic State IS, slit Fr Jacques Hamel's throat during a morning Mass, officials say... READ MORE›

JAPAN PM ABE IN 'IS HOSTAGES' VOW

Daily express unforgivable japanese pm vows to save islamic state hostages after video threat 1 hr ago... 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›

MALI GUNMEN WERE HUNTING FOR AIR FRANCE STAFF AT RADISSON HOTEL

Security guards say attackers were looking to kill french citizens in retaliation for the country's military campaign in mali... READ MORE›

FIVE HOSTAGES ESCAPE LINDT CAFE AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIST GUNMAN TAKES UP TO 15 PEOPLE CAPTIVE

New South Wales Police has requested that media organisations do not repeat the gunman's demands or relay what the hostages have said during these calls... READ MORE›

SYDNEY SIEGE: GUNMAN ISSUED DEMANDS, THREATS

Contributing Associated Press Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on Sunday in Sydney, Australia... READ MORE›

FIVE HOSTAGES FLEE SYDNEY CAFE DURING STANDOFF

Major landmarks in Sydney, including the Sydney Opera House, have been evacuated as police respond to a hostage situation... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA POLICE: MELBOURNE ATTACK 'ACT OF TERRORISM'

Police shot dead Yacqub Khayre on Monday after he held a woman hostage inside an apartment building in Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city... READ MORE›

BANGLADESH ATTACK: HOSTAGE SIEGE ENDS AS CAFE STORMED

Italy's ambassador to Bangladesh, Mario Palma, told Italian state TV seven Italians were among the hostages... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DEADLINE ON JAPANESE CAPTIVES PASSES WITH NO WORD ON FATE

Islamic State militants have seized large areas of Iraq and Syria, and beheaded several Western captives... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA CONDEMNS BRUTAL MURDER OF AMERICAN PHOTOJOURNALIST

His father, Michael, said Somers was a good friend of Yemen and the Yemeni people ... 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›

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›

JAPAN WAKES UP TO BAD NEWS

Others are angry at Japanese TV stations that are repeatedly showing snippets from the murder video, calling it a direct terror threat against the Japanese people... READ MORE›

FREAK 'POLAR VORTEX' THREATENS COLDEST WINTER IN 50 YEARS

Mr Madden warned that the next 10 days will determine whether the Arctic weather front develops as feared for late December... 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›

HARDLINE INDIAN HINDUS BECOME MODI S ENEMIES FROM WITHIN

AMMAN, Jordan -- The extremists of the Islamic State managed to parlay their Japanese and Jordanian hostages into 12 days of worldwide publicity... 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›

HARUNA YUKAWA: DEATH IN THE DESERT MARKS A VIOLENT END TO A TROUBLED LIFE

Aside from their shared interest in the bloody conflicts in Syria and Iraq, Yukawa and the remaining hostage, Kenji Goto, have little in common... READ MORE›

IN TURKEY, 2 HOSTAGE-TAKERS KILLED; PROSECUTOR WOUNDED

Altunok said police had negotiated with the gunmen for six hours before the violent end of the hostage situation... READ MORE›

ISIS: FAMILIES OF MURDERED HOSTAGES APPEAL TO PUBLIC FOR ACT OF UNITY

Nicholas Henin said watching the hostage crisis unfold was hard and his thoughts were with the families... 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›

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENT DETAINED AFTER DHAKA ATTACK

As news of the hostage crisis spread, Khan's family was gripped with panic -- especially his mother, Ishtahim said... 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›

JAPAN SAYS HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH MILITANTS 'DEADLOCKED'

Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said in Tokyo on Saturday that the situation was unpredictable and that anything could happen, NHK reported... 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›

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›

BRITISH HOSTAGE DAVID HAINES INSPIRED CHILDREN'S BOOK IN ISIL CAPTIVITY

20 Aug 2014 Mr Haines, 44, a former RAF aircraft engineer, was kidnapped in March 2013 while working for an aid agency in Syria... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS: POLICEMAN GIVES FIRST ACCOUNT OF 'DANTE'S INFERNO' SCENE AT BATACLAN CONCERT HALL

Behind the door, the terrorists were inflicting mental torture on their 20 hostages... READ MORE›