Hamas claims to have captured over 130 Israeli civilians and soldiers in its unprecedented incursion on Saturday. Over 1,400 people have died on both sides - including 900 deaths in Israel from Hamas's surprise attack.
Police said dozens of people managed to leave the building during the standoff but declined to give more details about the situation in the popular store.
Actor Ronit Roy on Thursday said he was "excited" to shoot for season two of "Hostages" as he found there were more layers in his character that he could explore.
Their freedom came hours after the Afghan government freed three Taliban prisoners and sent them to Qatar. The three included Anas Haqqani, the younger brother of the Taliban’s deputy Sirajuddin Haqqani, who also leads the fearsome Haqqani network.
The three female victims were employees of the nonprofit organisation Pathway Home treatment program, which is housed on the campus of the Veterans Home of California-Yountville.
A man briefly held a group of people hostage in a supermarket in a Brussels suburb before surrendering to police. Nobody was injured and authorities say there was no indication of any terrorist motive.
The attackers involved in Bangladesh’s worst hostage crisis had asked their victims to recite from the Quran in order to decide on whom to spare, a leading Bangladeshi daily said today on its website.
Chandigarh: A man from Punjab who escaped from the clutches of the ISIS in June 2014 claimed on Thursday that 39 Indians taken hostage have been killed. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in New Delhi
Tokyo: Japanese officials said today they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese hostages it holds.The purported message claimed one hostage has been
Tokyo: Two Japanese men have been threatened with death by the Islamic State group if their government doesn't pay a huge ransom. A look at hostages and Japan, and its interests in the Middle East:WHO
Manila: Two German hostages held by the Philippine Islamic group Abu Sayyaf appealed for their lives on Monday, urging authorities in Berlin to pay a ransom and withdraw support from the international military operation against
Nairobi, Kenya: The militant group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that Kenyan government assault team carried out “a demolition” of the building, burying 137 hostages in rubble. A government spokesman denied
Nairobi: Even as the Somalian terror group Al Shabab posted 15 names online of its "brave" fighters, the survivors of the world's deadliest shopping mall siege gave disturbing accounts of how the terrorists killed and
Algiers, Jan 19: As many as 31 workers, including 19 foreign nationals, who were taken hostage by an armed group in a gas field in Algeria, have been killed since the beginning of the Algerian
London, Jan 18: Algerian army helicopters Thursday fired at a petroleum facility where over 40 Western hostages were being held, leaving at least 34 hostages and 15 kidnappers dead, media reports said.The British Petroleum (BP)
Karachi, Jun 13: Somali pirates today released 22 crew members, including six Indians and four Pakistanis, of a hijacked merchant vessel after ransom was paid to them, leading rights activist Ansar Burney said. The pirates
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