hostage

Passengers who were rescued from a train after it was attacked by separatist militants, walk with their belongings at the Railway Station in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer
South Asia

Pakistan train siege ends, 346 hostages freed; 33 militants, 21 passengers dead

Separatist Baloch militants on Tuesday blew up the railway track and hurled rockets at the Jaffar Express when it was on its way to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Balochistan's...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Freed Israeli hostages urge Netanyahu to implement Gaza deal 'in full'

Israelis sit together as they light candles and hold posters with the images Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas, on the day the bodies of deceased hostages, identified at the time by Palestinian militant groups as Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, were handed over under the terms of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel on 20 February 2025. Reuters/Itay Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas

Four Israeli hostages stand on a stage before Hamas fighters hand them over to a team from the Red Cross in Gaza City on 25 January 2025. Photo: AFP
Middle East

Hamas frees four Israeli hostages in second swap of Gaza deal

Palestinian Hamas militants hand over hostages, Gaza City, January 19, 2025. REUTERS
World+Biz

Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza as Hamas frees first hostages

Law enforcement agencies surrounded the area in the afternoon on 19 Dec. Photo: Focus Bangla
Crime

How armed robbers who stormed in Rupali Bank Keraniganj branch surrendered

Displaced Palestinians make their way as they flee areas in northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli evacuation order, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia, October 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hussam Al-Zaanin/File Photo
World+Biz

Israel FM says 'may have opportunity' for Gaza hostage deal

Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 2023 attack pleads for US President-elect Donald Trump to secure his release amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in this screen grab taken from a Handout video by Hamas Military Wing released on November 30, 2024. Hamas Military Wing/Handout via Reuters
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas releases video of US-Israeli hostage in Gaza

Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, gestures as he speaks during an anti-Israel military show in the southern Gaza Strip November 11, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/ File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Hamas says hostage guards in Gaza have been operating under new instructions

Ayub Khan, engine cadet of the MV Abdullah. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Pirates brought interpreter long 10 days after taking hostage: MV Abdullah crew

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Dialogue with KNF not possible any longer: Peace Committee

Police officers detain a person near the Cafe Petticoat, where several people were being held hostage in Ede, Netherlands, March 30, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Europe

Dutch nightclub hostage drama ends peacefully with arrest of suspect

Dutch police officers stand near the Cafe Petticoat, where several people are being held hostage in Ede, Netherlands March 30, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Europe

Several people taken hostage in Dutch night club, 3 released, police say