Last Updated: Saturday, July 27, 2013, 17:21
Six people were killed by a gunman in an apartment complex in Florida on Saturday before the police shot him dead after a shootout, according to CNN.
Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 01:01
A 40-year-old property dealer and his family were allegedly held hostage at gunpoint and robbed of cash and valuables worth Rs 18 lakh by six armed persons in Sahibabad area here on Monday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 17:39
British newspapers say that UK prisons are on the alert after a hostage-taking attack blamed on extremist Muslim inmates came days after an off-duty soldier was hacked to death on a London street.
Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 14:52
Turkey confirmed on Monday that eight nationals were abducted by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan after their helicopter made an emergency landing and said it was holding "intensive talks" with Kabul.
Last Updated: Monday, April 22, 2013, 11:06
The Taliban have seized up to nine foreigners which includes seven Turks and two Russians from a civilian helicopter which had to make an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, as per BBC reports.
Last Updated: Sunday, April 14, 2013, 13:28
French photographer Pierre Borghi returned to France on Sunday, a week after he was freed in Afghanistan following four months in captivity, officials said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 00:00
A Frenchman who was kidnapped in Afghanistan at the end of November has been freed, the French embassy said on Monday.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 09:55
The al Qaeda allies in Philippines has reportedly on Saturday released Australian hostage Warren Rodwell, who was abducted 15 months ago in Philippines.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:46
Al Qaeda has said that it has beheaded a French hostage in response to the country`s military intervention in Mali.
Last Updated: Saturday, March 16, 2013, 10:33
A former Russian army commando who took several hostages in a city in southern Russia, demanding money, a getaway car and a pizza, wanted to impress his ex-girlfriend, an official said.
Last Updated: Friday, March 15, 2013, 11:06
Police in Russia rescued several hostages held at a college in the southern city of Astrakhan and detained the hostage-taker who claimed to have a bomb, the Interior Ministry said.
Last Updated: Monday, March 11, 2013, 10:46
The peacekeepers are part of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which monitors the 1974 disengagement accord between Syria and Israel after their 1973 war.
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