#hostage

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Kidnappers release Indonesian seaman in Nigeria

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday that Indonesian seaman Glenny Ferdinand Rugegbregt from Maluku, who ...

Indonesian seaman held hostage by Nigerian pirates

An Indonesian seaman, along with three other seamen from Malaysia, Thailand and Iran have been held hostage by armed ...

China warns ASEAN on South China Sea row

China warned Southeast Asian nations on Tuesday against "hyping" a dispute over the South China Sea, as it voiced ...

Somali piracy death toll rises as violence worsens

Somali pirates seizing Indian Ocean ships were responsible for at least 35 hostage deaths in 2011, a report showed on ...

Captors kill German hostage in Nigeria during raid: sources

A German kidnapped in Nigeria in January, purportedly by Al Qaeda`s north African branch, was killed by his captors ...

Turkish commandos arrest 14 pirates, free seven Yemenis

Turkish commandos have arrested 14 pirates thought to be from Somalia off the coast of Oman and freed seven Yemeni ...

No rescue attempt in works for journalist: colombian army

The Colombian army said Wednesday said it has no plans to launch an attempt to rescue French journalist Romeo ...

War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base: coastguard

War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two ...

Danish warship stops Somali pirate vessel, 12 hostages freed

A Danish warship has apprehended a suspected pirate ship off Somalia`s coast, and released 12 hostages held on board, ...

Israel`s next-generation drones: smaller, smarter, deadlier

David Harari nostalgically recalls the day the Israel Air Force, stunned by the loss of fighter jets and aviators to ...

Nigerian forces say kill 9Iislamists in Kano shootout

Nigerian security forces killed nine Islamist Boko Haram militants and captured two in a shootout in northern Kano ...

British hostage Judith Tebbutt released in Somalia

British hostage Judith Tebbutt, captured in Kenya over six months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released ...

TNI to acquire unmanned spy plane in 2012

Indonesia`s National Defense Forces (TNI) will acquire an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft (UAV) from Kital ...

Kidnapped aid workers released in Yemen, 5 militants dead

Six kidnapped foreign aid workers have been released in Yemen, the defence ministry said on Thursday, and a military ...

Foreigner seized in Somalia is American: NGO

A foreign national kidnapped at the weekend in central Somalia is an American journalist and writer, a regional ...