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More Filipino UN peacekeepers ‘held by Syrian rebels’ A group of Syrian rebels have used their Facebook page to announce that they are holding four Filipino UN peacekeepers in the demilitarised zone between Syria… 07/05/2013
Danish and Filipino hostages freed after two year ordeal Two Danes and four Filipinos who were held hostage in Somalia for more than two years after their ship was attacked by pirates have been released. Danish… 01/05/2013
French hostages freed in Cameroon back in France Seven members of a French family freed after being kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon have arrived back in France. French President François Hollande greeted… 20/04/2013
Philippine rebels free Australian man after 15 months of captivity An Australian man has been released 15 months after being captured by Philippine Abu Sayyaf rebels. 54-year-old former solider Warren Rodwell was kidnapped… 23/03/2013
Greek prison hostage drama: murderer ‘has explosives’ A convicted Albanian murderer has taken hostages in a Greek prison and is threatening to blow himself up if he is not allowed to escape. Alket Rijai has… 17/03/2013
“Argo” Best Picture causes ruffles in Iran Central Tehran seems a world away from the pomp and ceremony of the red carpet in Los Angeles. But this year, there is a common thread. The hostage rescue… 25/02/2013
Funerals held for foreign victims of Algerian terrorist attack Seven survivors and nine coffins bearing Japanese victims of the Algerian hostage massacre have been repatriated. A tenth body will be flown back to Japan in… 25/01/2013
Prison riot in Sri Lanka – nocomment 27 people were killed and 43 people injured during a riot in Sri Lanka’s biggest prison in Colombo. The inmates managed to take control of part of the prison… 10/11/2012
Beslan remembers victims of school tragedy – nocomment It is seven years ago to the day when Chechen and Ingush terrorists attacked the small Russian community of Beslan and took its children hostage in a school… 03/09/2011
Nigerian troops ‘surround French family’s kidnappers’Nigerian security forces claim to have surrounded the kidnappers of a French family in northeast Borno state in an effort to rescue the hostages. The… 21/02/2013
Cameroon kidnapping: France urges citizens to leave the Muslim northFrance said on Wednesday it believes the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram was behind the abduction of a French family of seven in Cameroon. The family of… 20/02/2013
Nigeria kidnapping: hostage photo shown on TVThe first photo has emerged purporting to show some of the seven foreigners who have been kidnapped in northern Nigeria. The image, showing a group of… 18/02/2013
Relief in Alabama after five year old boy freed from bunkerResidents of Midland City, Alabama, are celebrating the release of a five year old boy from the town held captive for a week. Believing the boy was in… 05/02/2013
Five-year-old rescued by FBI after Alabama siegePolice in the US state of Alabama have rescued a five-year-old child who was being held captive in an underground bunker. FBI agents stormed the bunker… 05/02/2013
Hostage standoff continues in the United StatesA hostage standoff in a town in the United States has entered its eighth day. The suspect, Jimmy Lee Dykes, shot a school bus driver dead in Midland City… 04/02/2013
Algerian security forces confirm 48 hostages deadThe four-day crisis at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria is over, but questions remain and the death toll continues to rise. Security forces report that 25… 21/01/2013
Five militants captured alive at In AmenasAlgerian security forces say they have captured five Islamic militants still alive in the In Amenas gas plant, but that three more are on the run. The… 20/01/2013
Algeria: Families await the news of missing workersAs Algerian TV reported that the bodies of 25 more hostages had been discovered inside the gas plant on Sunday, workers’ families were still awaiting for news… 20/01/2013
Final Algerian assault ends gas plant siegeThe Algerian government has announced that a four-day hostage crisis at the In Amenas gas plant is over. Algiers has said that 23 hostages and 32 militants… 20/01/2013
Locals fear for future after In Amenas attackThe gas plant crisis may be over at In Amenas, but in the nearby town that relies on the plant for jobs and without which there would be no local economy to… 19/01/2013
Algeria gas crisis: militants and hostages die in “final assault”After a four day stand-off with al-Qaeda linked militants, Algerian special forces have stormed the desert gas facility where several people were still being… 19/01/2013
Algeria crisis triggers security reviewThe hostage crisis in Algeria has highlighted once again the vulnerability of oil and gas installations across the Middle East and North Africa. Neighbour… 19/01/2013
Death toll uncertain as Algerian hostage crisis unfoldsUncertainty surrounds the fate of those at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria, following a military operation to free hundreds of workers held hostage by… 18/01/2013
Algerian Army surrounds hostage gas facilityThe Algerian army has surrounded a gas plant in the east of the country where Islamist militants claim to be holding 41 foriegn workers hostage. British… 17/01/2013
Algeria gas site attack sparks international hostage crisisA major international hostage crisis is unfolding after Islamist militants stormed a gas installation in Algeria, abducting scores of workers. The Algerian… 16/01/2013
Algerian Islamists kidnap foreignersA Frenchman has reportedly been killed and at least nine other foreigners kidnapped by Islamist militants in Algeria. The victims, who include five Japanese… 16/01/2013
Japanese and French oil workers reportedly kidnapped in AlgeriaIslamist militants have reportedly seized five Japanese nationals and a French citizen from an oil facility in Ain Amenas in southern Algeria. According to… 16/01/2013
French hostage sentenced to death by Somali militantsSomali Islamic militant have sentenced to death a French intelligence agent they have been holding hostage for three years. It follows a failed bid by… 16/01/2013
French hostage in Somalia reported dead following rescue attemptThe French Defence Ministry says a hostage has been killed in Somalia by al Shabaab Islamic militants during a failed attempt by French forces to rescue… 12/01/2013
Canada diplomat who helped Americans in Tehran hostage crisis diesA former Canadian diplomat who risked his life sheltering American’s during the 1979 Tehran hostage crisis has died. John Sheardown, 88, passed away in… 06/01/2013
Hollande refuses to negotiate with kidnappersThe French President, Francois Hollande, has said that he won’t negotiate with Al-Qaeda for the release of four French nationals kidnapped by the group in… 27/12/2012
French family in video appeal to al-Qaeda captorsThe brother of a French hostage, snatched in Niger more than two years ago, has made a video appealing directly to the kidnappers. Clément Legrand posted… 09/12/2012
Video of broadcast of hostages held in MaliFootage of three hostages taken by Islamist militants in Mali some nine months ago has been broadcast apparently showing them to be in good health. Al Qaeda… 22/08/2012
Arab nations urge nationals to leave LebanonSeveral Arab countries are telling their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately following a spate of kidnappings of Sunni Muslims, as the tension from the… 15/08/2012
Germany gunman ‘executed’ siege hostagesGerman police say a gunman who held several people hostage in a flat in Karlsruhe executed his victims. They believe he planned the killings, which took… 04/07/2012
Gunman ‘kills hostages’ in German eviction dramaFive people are reported killed after a gunman took a number of people hostage in Germany. Police say they believe the hostage-taker is also dead. The… 04/07/2012
Afghanistan security end Taliban hotel party siegeAfghan security forces have ended a siege by Taliban members holding party-guests hostage at a hotel near Kabul. There are few details yet about the… 22/06/2012
Afghan police storm Kabul hotel after Taliban siegeAfghan police say they have stormed a fashionable Kabul hotel and freed a number of hostages after an attack by Taliban gunmen. A police official said 13… 22/06/2012
Armed police end ‘al Qaeda’ siege in FranceAn armed siege at a bank in France is over after police launched an assault, freeing two hostages and injuring a gunman. He had earlier claimed to be a member… 20/06/2012
Man claiming al Qaeda link takes hostages in FranceA man claiming to be a member of al Qaeda has taken four hostages in a bank in the southwestern French city of Toulouse. According to police the assailant… 20/06/2012
Colombia calls for release of French TV journalistDeep in the southern jungles of Colombia, the first pictures have emerged of the spot where a French TV journalist was seized on Saturday, apparently by … 03/05/2012
Man detained after London siegeA man has been arrested by armed police, after a three-hour siege in central London. Officers surrounded an office block in Tottenham Court Road. Computer… 27/04/2012
Euro court allows US extradition of Abu Hamza from UKThe European Court of Human Rights has decided it is lawful for controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri to be extradited to the US from… 10/04/2012
Talks to free kidnapped Italian tourists on holdIn India, negotiations to secure the release of two Italian tourists have been suspended. Paolo Bosusco and Claudio Colangelo were abducted by Maoist… 24/03/2012
British and Italian hostages killed in failed rescue bid in NigeriaA British and an Italian hostage kidnapped in Nigeria have been killed by their captors. The construction workers Christopher McManus and Italian Franco… 08/03/2012
Jobless Greek worker shoots former bossThe Greek austerity measures became an ugly reality at a small factory in the north of the country, when a worker who had been made redundant shot and wounded… 02/03/2012
Ethiopia sends elders to help free abducted foreignersEthiopia says its working to secure the release of four people kidnapped after a deadly attack on foreign tourists. Injured survivors have been transferred… 20/01/2012
One killed and four kidnapped in TimbuktuA group of armed kidnappers has seized three people and killed a fourth in northern Mali. Reports say a German man was shot dead while the hostages are from… 25/11/2011
Australian bomb siege ends peacefullyAustralian police have rescued a 12-year-old girl after she was held captive for 11 hours by a man believed to be her father and claiming to have a bomb in… 06/09/2011
Beslan remembers its fallenIt is seven years ago to the day when Chechen and Ingush terrorists attacked the small Russian community of Beslan and took its children hostage in a school… 03/09/2011
30 children rescued from Malaysian school siegeSafe in the arms of the police, 30 children emerged from a nursery school in Malaysia after being held hostage by a man armed with a hammer and a… 07/07/2011
Families rejoice at French hostages releaseFamilies of the two French journalists taken hostage by the Taliban delight at the news that they are on their way home. After 18 months held prisoner their… 29/06/2011
French journalists freed in AfghanistanTwo French journalists working for state television channel France 3 and held hostage in Afghanistan for 18 months have been freed. They are expected to… 29/06/2011
French journalists freed after Afghan hostage ordealTwo French journalists kidnapped 18 months ago in Afghanistan have been freed along with their guides. Confirmation of their release came from the office of… 29/06/2011
Kidnapped Estonians appeal for helpSeven Estonian tourists kidnapped in Lebanon last month have appealed to the leaders of three Arab countries and the President of France for help. Their… 20/04/2011
Italian murdered in Gaza – mother speaks outThe mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian peace campaigner murdered by Islamist extremists in the Gaza Strip, has told how her son used to encourage… 15/04/2011
Parents and children reunited after nursery siegeFrench police have freed the final five nursery school pupils and their teacher taken hostage by a suicidal teenager. The 17-year old, armed with two… 13/12/2010
Kindergarten cops end nursery siege in FranceHalf a dozen nursery-school children and their teacher have been released safely from a siege in the east of France. The youngsters were re-united with… 13/12/2010
Children safe after French nursery siege endsThe siege at a French nursery school where an armed man took 20 children hostage has ended. The 17-year-old, with a history of psychological problems… 13/12/2010
Police make moves in French nursery school siegeSquads of elite French police have begun moving in on a nursery school in the east of the country where an armed youth has been holding five or six children… 13/12/2010
France: Children taken hostage at nursery schoolAn armed youth has taken up to six children hostage at a nursery school in eastern France. According to French radio, elite police units have taken up… 13/12/2010
Iraqi forces end hostage drama at Catholic churchMore than 50 Catholic worshippers have been rescued in Iraq after being held hostage for several hours in one of Baghdad’s biggest churches, the church of Our… 31/10/2010
French government ‘encouraged’ by hostage photosThe first pictures of the five French citizens and two Africans who were taken hostage in Niger have been broadcast. The images show the group sitting in… 01/10/2010
Gunman killed by police in US hostage crisisA gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications headquarters near Washington DC in the USA has been shot dead by police and his captives have… 01/09/2010
One man taken hostage at Discovery ChannelAn armed man with a handgun has taken at least person hostage at the headquarters of Discovery Channel near Washington DC. Police in Montgomery County have… 01/09/2010
Criticism in the wake of Manila hostage dramaThe brother of a hostage-taker shot dead by police in the Philippines says the authorities should have negotiated a peaceful end to the drama. Gregorio… 24/08/2010
Kidnapping of French journalists confirmedIt has been confirmed that two French journalists who went missing in Afghanistan on Wednesday have been kidnapped. The two men and three Afghans… 02/01/2010
Gunmen murder 21 in the PhilippinesUnknown gunmen have murdered at least 21 people in the southern Philippines, in an apparent attempt to disrupt nominations for upcoming provincial elections… 23/11/2009
Swiss businessmen set for Libyan trialA pair of Swiss businessmen who have been prevented from leaving Libya for more than a year are to face trial on tax evasion charges. The men, who are also… 12/11/2009
Six freed as supermarket siege ends safelySix supermarket workers in France have escaped unhurt after being held hostage by suspected armed robbers. The drama unfolded early this morning when a… 21/10/2009
Pakistan commandos end hostage siegePakistan is to step up its offensive against the Taliban after suspected militants attacked the army’s headquarters in Rawalpindi. Commandos stormed a… 11/10/2009
Commandos storm Pakistani army HQ and free hostagesSoldiers who were being held hostage inside Pakistan´s army headquarters in Rawalpindi have been freed. In an audacious attack on Saturday suspected… 11/10/2009
Gunmen seize Pakistani soldiers from army HQSuspected Taliban militants who attacked Pakistan’s army headquarters are thought to be holding between 10 and 15 hostages in nearby offices. The… 10/10/2009
5 years on Beslan still strugglesRussia has been remembering the 333 hostages, most of them children, who died in the Beslan school siege. On the first day of the new school year five… 02/09/2009
