37 foreigner hostages killed in attack in Algeria

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 21:26

Algeria`s prime minister says 37 foreign hostages were killed during the four-day-long standoff at a natural gas plant, and that at least one Canadian was among the Islamist militants who took hundreds hostage.

Algerian forces free 650 hostages from militants

Last Updated: Saturday, January 19, 2013, 00:27

Around 650 hostages detained by an armed group at a gas field in Algeria have been freed, the official APS news agency reported.

In Algeria raid, 35 hostages and 15 kidnappers killed

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 19:04

Algeria raided a remote Sahara gas plant in an attempt to free dozens of foreign hostages held by militants with ties to Mali`s rebel Islamists.

Algeria troops surround Islamists holding hostages

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 09:34

The Algerian Army on Thursday surrounded a natural gas complex where Islamist militants have taken dozens of people as hostage.

Somali pirates holding 11 ships, 167 crewmen for ransom: IMB

Last Updated: Monday, October 22, 2012, 22:10

Somali pirates are still holding 11 foreign vessels for ransom with 167 crew members as hostages as of Sep 30, a global maritime organisation said.

Hostage for 2 years, seven Indians plead for help

Last Updated: Saturday, October 6, 2012, 10:55

A group of sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates nearly two years ago have appealed to the government to get them released from captivity.

Taliban take hostages in police station in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012, 11:32

Gunmen attacked the Old City Police Station of Bannu district of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa.

American tourists kidnapped in Egypt

Last Updated: Saturday, July 14, 2012, 09:17

Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were abducted 5 km away from Sadr al-Hitan district in Sinai by Bedouin people.

Philippines: Ransom sought for 2 Chinese hostages

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 14:48

On June 04, six armed men barged into the rented house of two Chinese traders and dragged them into a white van.

Danish Navy frees hostages from pirates off Somali

Last Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 23:00

The Danish Navy captured 16 Somali pirates and freed 12 captives when it intercepted a vessel off the Horn of Africa.

No word on progress on release of Odisha hostages

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 20:46

The deadline given by Maoist mediators for resumption of talks in the Italian hostage crisis ends Friday evening but there has been no word from the government so far.