hostage

People demand the immediate release of hostages held in Gaza who were seized in the October attack by Hamas gunmen, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 4, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Qatar says Gaza hostage releases need 'period of calm'

FILE PHOTO: Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani makes statements to the media with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Doha, Qatar, October 13, 2023. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Qatar's PM hopes for breakthrough on hostages' release 'soon'

Palestinians gather around residential buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes in Zahra City, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City. Photo: REUTERS
Hamas-Israel war

Israel drops leaflets in Gaza offering reward for hostage information

Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, an Israeli grandmother who was held hostage in Gaza, speaks to members of the press after being released by Hamas militants, at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Janis Laizans
Hamas-Israel war

What Israeli hostage released by Hamas said

Australian professor, others taken hostage in Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister
World+Biz

Australian professor, others taken hostage in Papua New Guinea - Prime Minister

Alexanda Kotey, who the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) claim is a British national, is seen in this undated handout picture in Amouda, Syria released February 9, 2018. Syrian Democratic Forces/Handout via REUTERS
USA

Islamic State 'Beatle' faces sentence in US court for murdering hostages

Police vehicles are seen near an Apple store in central Amsterdam during a hostage incident in the store, in Amsterdam, Netherlands February 22, 2022. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Amsterdam police end hostage situation at Apple flagship store

A sign marks the entrance of the home office of Christian Aid Ministries in Millersburg, Ohio, US, October 17, 2021. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Two hostages have been released in Haiti, group says

South African ministers 'held hostage' during meeting with veterans
Africa

South African ministers 'held hostage' during meeting with veterans

Representational image. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Two guards taken hostage at French jail

Picture: Collected
World+Biz

Robbers in Brazil stage brazen bank raids, taking hostages; at least 3 dead

The detained person. Photo: Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Qatar-returnee detained after failed bank robbery attempt in Ctg

The hostage policeman Md Solomon, 40, is working as a constable in the special branch of the district police.
Bangladesh

Hathazari Madrasa students release hostage cop