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Danish Navy frees hostages from pirates off Somali

The Danish Navy captured 16 Somali pirates and freed 12 captives when it intercepted a vessel off th...

No word on progress on release of Odisha hostages

The deadline given by Maoist mediators for resumption of talks in the Italian hostage crisis ends ...

Odisha hostage crisis: Maoists free one Italian

Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda handed over Claudio Colangelo to a selected group of media persons so...

Italian hostages: Negotiator doubts govt

A day after the Maoists named three negotiators to talk to the Odisha government on the Italian ho...

Hostage crisis: Maoists name 3 persons for talks

Maoists named Narayan Sanyal, Politburo member of CPI (Maoist), civil rights activists Dandapani Moh...

Pak: `Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unsafe for foreigners`

Whether for tourists or people engaged in humanitarian or relief work, Pakistan`s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Expect to free hostages soon: Colombian rebels

The FARC said it was waiting for the President to permit a group of activists to visit jailed guerri...

Swiss couple held by Taliban is free: Pakistan

Militants and criminal gangs often kidnap wealthy Pakistanis and less commonly foreigners.

British, Italian hostages killed in Nigeria

Two Europeans held hostage in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaida were killed before res...

Denmark: 2 hostages dead in anti-piracy operation

Denmark`s Navy says two hostages have been killed in an anti-piracy operation off Somalia.

Colombia`s FARC to stop kidnapping for ransom

Colombia`s feared FARC rebel group said it would free all military and police hostages it holds in ...

Somali captors move US hostage after SEAL raid

US Navy SEALs parachuted into Somalia early Wednesday and hiked to where captors were holding Americ...

French spies among 5 hostages held by Qaeda

Al Qaeda`s North African wing has claimed responsibility for kidnapping five foreigners in Mali last...

Somali pirates release tanker, keep 4 hostages

Somali pirates have kept back four South Korean crew members of the ship including its captain.

FARC rebels execute 4 military hostages: Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has a policy of killing hostages if troops approach their...

FARC rebels execute 4 military hostages: Colombia

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has a policy of killing hostages if troops approach their...

Philippine rebels release more hostages: Military

Philippine communist rebels freed a town mayor and his two military escorts after more than two mont...

Swiss hostages held in Pakistan appear in video

Two Swiss tourists held by the Pak Taliban have appeared in a video, saying their captors are threat...

Philippine rebels release more hostages: Military

It has about 5,000 fighters scattered mostly in the country`s impoverished countryside, where they ...

Osama `wanted to use hostages against Sarkozy`

A report said Osama had issued written instructions to AQIM members on how to handle a group of host...

Pak mounts search for Swiss hostages: Official

The swiss couple were kidnapped while travelling in impoverished and sparsely populated Baluchistan...

Qaeda-style attack on Iraq council building

Attackers set off two car bombs outside a government compound east of Baghdad mirroring a similar Ma...

Somali pirates release six Indian hostages

Somali pirates released 22 crew members, including six Indians.

Inmates free 15 hostages at Venezuela prison

Captives were freed after authorities pledged to probe prisoners` complaints.

Danish crew free Somali pirate hostages

A Danish warship attacked a pirate boat off Somalia, killing four pirates.

Inmates free hostages at Venezuela prison

During 2009, 366 deaths were reported at Venezuela`s prisons.

Al Qaeda releases tape from French hostages

The hostages called for France to respond to the militant group`s demand.

Taliban release Iranian hostages, says Afghan police

An Afghan police official says that a group of Iranian road construction workers kidnapped earlier ...

INSA, NUSI condemn pirates for not releasing hostages

Deploring the act of Somalian pirates holding back seven Indian sailors despite full payment of th...

`Hostage swap attempt points to lack of specific Indian law`

Tanker MT Asphalt Venture with a crew, including 15 Indians was hijacked en route to Durban (South A...

Indonesia to pick up hostages from Somali pirates

A group of 30-50 Somali pirates seized an Indonesian flagged and owned ship.

Pirates keep Indian hostages after ransom

A pirate said it`s a retaliation for the arrest of over 100 Somali pirates by the Indian Navy.

Somali pirates keep Indian hostages after ransom

In a move that could change the pirate-hostage equation, Somali pirates on Friday took in a multim...

Al Qaeda demands 90mn Euro ransom for French hostages

Al-Qaeda`s north African branch is demanding at least 90 million euros in ransom for the release of ...

Krishna takes up hostage issue with Egyptian envoy

Hijacking of a ship by Somali pirates which had among others 6 Indian sailors on board was discuss...

All efforts on to secure release of Indian hostages: Govt

The government Thursday it is making all efforts to seek the early release of 64 Indians held hosta...

Plea to centre to take steps to get hostages released

The Merchant Navy Officers Welfare Association (MNOWA), here has urged the Union government to take ...

French, Malagasy, Togolese hostages of al Qaeda freed

The 3 were freed in Niger territory and were believed to be in good health.

`Islamists` hold hostages in restive city in Libya

A group of "Islamist extremists" have taken hostage members of the security forces and civilians i...

Colombian FARC rebels release 2 more hostages

Colombian FARC rebels free a kidnapped local politician and a captive marine.

Pirates take record 1,181 hostages in 2010

The number of hostages and vessels taken are the highest ever since monitoring began in 1991.

France asks Niger to tighten security after hostages killed

France said al Qaeda was "absolutely" behind the kidnapping of two Frenchmen.

French rescue fails, 2 hostages killed in Niger

It was the second abortive French hostage rescue since July in Sahel region.

Standoff at US bank ends with hostages released

Texas bank robbery standoff ends with two masked robbers in custody.

Thatcher in secret plea to free US hostages in Iran: Files

Thatcher sought to gain from successful storming of Iran`s embassy in London.

French minister meets Afghan Prez on hostages

Two French scribes were kidnapped by suspected Islamist insurgents in 2009.

New video of French hostages in Afghanistan released: TV

A new video of two French television journalists kidnapped a year ago by suspected Islamist insurge...

Nigeria: 19 oil hostages released in military raid

A military raid freed 19 hostages held in Nigeria`s oil-rich southern delta.

Nigeria`s rebel group releases identities of 7 hostages

Nigeria`s main militant group has released the identities of seven oil workers whom it kidnapped thi...

TV shows French and African Qaeda hostages in desert

The seven hostages were kidnapped by al Qaeda in Niger two weeks ago.

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