Hostage

Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits free abducted head teacher from Sulu

(Eagle News) -- Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits have freed a head teacher they abducted from a Sulu school on Thursday…

Lebanon’s Hariri in Paris after Saudi ‘hostage’ rumours

by Katy Lee Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in France on Saturday from…

Disgruntled employee shoots, kills restaurant chef

By Diannemay Roson EBC Florida Bureau CHARLESTON (Eagle News) - It was a gloomy day for dining customers at the Virginia’s…

Vietnamese hostage rescued from Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: military

(Agence France Presse) -- A Vietnamese sailor kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in Mindanao has been rescued after nine months in…

Wounded Vietnamese held hostage by Abu Sayyaf for months rescued

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP) -- Government troops have rescued a Vietnamese sailor held hostage for seven months by members of the Abu…

Malaysia PM says citizens ‘effectively hostages’ in N. Korea

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysian citizens are effectively being held hostage in North Korea, the prime minister said Tuesday…

“I am very sorry. We have failed,” says Duterte to Germany as he vows to hunt down Abu Sayyaf

  (Eagle News) -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday (February 28) expressed his apologies to the German government and to…

Philippines, Germany condemn murder after confirmation of hostage beheading by Abu Sayyaf

  Manila, Philippines (AFP) -- Islamic militants in the Philippines have beheaded a 70-year-old German hostage they were holding for…

Bangladesh commandos end hostage siege, kill six gunmen

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh security forces ended a siege Saturday after storming a cafe in Dhaka where dozens of…

13 hostages rescued after Bangladesh siege: commander

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Thirteen hostages have been rescued after security forces ended a siege at a cafe in the…

Bangladesh commandos storm Dhaka hostage cafe

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Heavily armed Bangladeshi commandos stormed a Dhaka restaurant Saturday where suspected Islamist militants were holding dozens…

Freed hostage recounts boyfriend’s beheading by Philippine militants

by Ayee Macaraig MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- A Filipina hostage released by southern Philippine militants on Friday broke down in…

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