Hostages

Police had been negotiating with the hostage takers, who initially demanded a ransom of US$1 million - an enormous sum in one of the Pacific's poorest nations - before dropping the asking price and abandoning a 24-hour deadline.…

CNN  —  A group of hostages being held for ransom by armed criminals in a remote region of Papua New Guinea have all now been freed, the country’s Prime Minister James Marape…

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: A New Zealander and two other hostages have been freed in Papua New Guinea, the country's prime minister said on Sunday (Feb 26), after they were held for a week in the highlands by an armed group. "It took…

CNN  —  Police in Papua New Guinea have launched a rescue mission after a group of foreign citizens and local guides were taken hostage by armed criminals in a remote region of…

Issued on: 26/01/2023 - 16:05 One of seven French detainees held in Iran is a "simple citizen of the world" who merely wanted to travel, his parents said Thursday, revealing…

<!-- -->Attacks are on the rise again since the Afghan Taliban seized control of Kabul last yearBannu, Pakistan: More than 30 Pakistan Taliban were holding several officers hostage on Monday after breaking free from custody and…

Issued on: 10/12/2022 - 14:36 A German humanitarian worker held hostage in the Sahel for more than four-and-a-half years has been freed, his organisation said on Saturday.…

Issued on: 06/10/2022 - 15:38 Iranian state television aired a video on Thursday in which two French citizens detained for "spying" in Iran in May are shown "confessing" to…

CNN  —  “Hostages” tells several major stories in one, from the history of US intervention in the Middle East to the Iranian hostage crisis’ impact on presidential politics to…

MOGADISHU: Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia's capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said on Sunday (Aug 21). Dozens of people who had been…