Hostages

The attack claimed more than 1 200 lives, while more than 41 000 people, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza

It was these 10 questions that helped determine almost a year after Mohamed was kidnapped in Syria that he is still alive, the family said

The 13 adults and 26 children had been used as slaves in remote mountain communities.

When in the past European governments have paid ransoms of whatever kind to free their nationals, they have been accused of letting the side down.

Shots were fired during a car chase and at least one hostage taken in Paris as the search for the gunmen who attacked the paper’s officers heightened.

Five people fled a central Sydney cafe where a gunman is holding terrified hostages after displaying an Islamic flag at the window.

Kidnappers hold a ?family to ransom ?in a tense and ?complex drama.

Al-Qaeda has released a new video of seven foreign hostages, including South African Stephen McGowan, urging negotiations for their release.

Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have killed two people in Algeria, taking more than 40 foreign hostages, while French troops battled Islamist rebels in Mali.

The US has confirmed that American citizens are among hostages being held in Algeria after an attack by Islamist militants near a southern gas field.

Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab has said they have decided the "fate" of a French intelligence agent they have held since 2009.

A gunman has killed four hostages in south-west Germany before shooting himself while resisting eviction from his apartment building.

A Filipino wildlife photographer was seized with two tourists during a bird-watching trip. He tells the story of his escape from his captors hands.

Suspected al-Qaeda kidnappers killed two young French hostages in ‘cold blood’ during a failed rescue operation in the deserts of Niger.

Half-a-dozen children were released safely on Monday after being held hostage by a teenager armed with two swords at a nursery in France.