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Collection of hostage news, found 54 news.

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 ...

10 terrorists detained in Kyrgyzstan plot terror attacks

Ten terrorists of the Islamic Jihad Union arrested in southern Kyrgyzstan had been plotting a series of terror attacks ...

Several dead after Iraq forces end hostage siege

Up to 15 people were killed on Monday after Iraqi security forces fought gunmen and suicide bombers who had seized ...

Yemeni general killed, 30 troops taken hostage: sources

A general was killed and 30 other troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh were taken hostage when ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

More aggressive action on pirates, EU

European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to ...

Cabinet shake-up, now or never

The cabinet reshuffle discourse may have disturbed ministers but the president had better realize that it is now or ...

President, vp formulating cabinet reshuffle plan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is currently formulating a cabinet reshuffle plan with Vice President Boediono, a ...

Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia

A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the ...

RI proposes joint action in dealing with pirates

Indonesia will call on the member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to jointly deal with ...

RI, China hold joint anti-terrorism exercise

Indonesian and Chinese special military forces began a joint anti-terrorism exercise here on Monday. "The first ...

Ships hijacked at Muara Jungkat, Pontianak

A tugboat Mitra Jaya V and a barge Makmur Abadi V had been hijacked 15-20 miles west of the Muara Jungkat buoy in ...

The charges against Ratko Mladic

Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military leader captured in Serbia on Thursday, faces charges of genocide, ...