Moscow bank hostage-taking suspect had criminal record

May 24, 2020

Moscow [Russia], May 24 (Sputnik/ANI): A man who tried to take people hostage in a bank in central Moscow on Saturday had a prior...

Sweden: Guards freed after hostage-taking by prison inmates

Jul 22, 2021

Stockholm [Sweden], July 22 : Two prison guards who were taken hostage on Wednesday (local time) at a penitentiary outside the Swedish city of...

ISIS 'Beatle' El Shafee Elsheikh sentenced to life for killing US hostages

Aug 20, 2022

Washington [US], August 20 : A high-ranking ISIS fighter was sentenced on Friday to life imprisonment in the US for his participation in a...

Texas hostage-taking draws attention to Pak neuroscientist imprisoned in US

Jan 17, 2022

Washington [US], January 17 : Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving more than 80-years sentence in the US, has once again come to the...

"Terrorism, hostage-taking unacceptable": Jaishankar calls for respect of humanitarian law in Gaza conflict

Jan 19, 2024

Delivering India's National Statement at the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Kampala, Jaishankar asserted that "terrorism and hostage-taking are unacceptable."

Texas synagogue hostage-taking incident 'act of terror', says US President Joe Biden

Jan 16, 2022

Washington [US], January 17 : The US President Joe Biden on Sunday (local time) termed synagogue hostage-taking incident in the Texan city of Colleyville...