Hostages

Published By: Saurabh VermaLast Updated: November 14, 2023, 23:09 ISTThe October 7 Hamas attack left around 1,200 dead on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to the latest official Israeli figures. (Image: Reuters)Nine Americans…

The Royal Ontario Museum has reversed its decision to change a travelling art exhibit about Palestinian-Muslim funerary practices after protests that included an 18-hour sit-in by the women who created it.The Toronto museum says it wanted…

Three Europeans released from detention by Iran arrived in Belgium early Saturday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps. Issued on: 03/06/2023 - 09:40…

Over a dozen Western passport-holders are detained in Iran, even after the release on Friday of Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele in an exchange deal between Belgium and Iran brokered by Oman. …

Iran has freed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele after almost 15 months in custody, in a prisoner exchange facilitated by Oman, senior officials said Friday.  Issued on: 26/05/2023 - 11:53…

Issued on: 12/05/2023 - 13:23 Iran on Friday released two French citizens jailed in separate cases and they are both now returning to France, the French foreign minister…

Issued on: 02/04/2023 - 07:10 Three British men have been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, UK non-profit group the Presidium Network said on Saturday. The group…

Issued on: 27/03/2023 - 00:20 A notorious militia in eastern DR Congo on Sunday executed 17 people it took hostage the previous day, local sources said.…

Issued on: 21/03/2023 - 11:54Modified: 21/03/2023 - 12:06 French journalist Olivier Dubois, 48, made an emotional return home on Tuesday following nearly two years in…

Issued on: 20/03/2023 - 14:51Modified: 20/03/2023 - 15:17 Olivier Dubois, a French journalist who was abducted in Mali's Gao region (north) on April 8, 2021 by the al…