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At least one dead in French church hostage taking

Several people were taken hostage by two men with knives in a…

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Hostage situation in a Mali hotel

170 people were taken hostage, 80 freed, mostly French and Turkish citizens

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Islamic State take Norwegian and Chinese captive

The two hostages have been identified as 48-year-old Norwegian Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad,…

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‘Islamic State’ leader al-Baghdadi raped US hostage, Mueller family says

The leader of the self-proclaimed "Islamic State" group repeatedly raped a United…

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‘State of Sinai’ claims execution of Croatian hostage Tomislav Salopek

Photo circulating the internet shows Salopek next to “Islamic State” flag

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Egypt’s Grand Mufti condemns Sydney hostage crisis

"Act of terror does not fall under the teachings of Islam, which…

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Yemen hostage mediators lose contact with Al-Qaeda

Kidnappers are demanding $3m (€2.2m) for his release before Saturday’s deadline.

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19 killed in failed French raid to free Somalia hostage

Allex is among nine French hostages in Africa of whom at least…

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Turkish and Syrian hostages in Lebanon finally freed

Syrian hostages rescued in midnight raid in Lebanon while Turkish businessman's release…

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Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

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