Tag: Hostage situations
Ukraine hostage-taker surrenders, bus passengers unharmed
LUTSK, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian police say an armed man who seized hostages on a bus in the western city of Lutsk has been...
Armed man seizes bus, holds 10 people hostage in Ukraine
LUTSK, Ukraine (AP) - An armed man seized a long-distance bus and took people in it hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday launching an...
Police: Armed man holding some 20 people hostage in Ukraine
LUTSK, Ukraine (AP) - An armed man seized a bus and took some 20 people hostage in northwestern Ukraine on Tuesday, Ukrainian police said....
American woman freed after being held captive in Nigeria
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - An American woman who was lured to Nigeria by a man she met on Facebook has been rescued after spending...
5 dead in hostage situation at troubled South Africa church
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Five people are dead and more than 40 have been arrested after an early-morning hostage situation at a long-troubled church near...
US victims of FARC rebels win claim to Venezuelan’s fortune
MIAMI (AP) - Three American defense contractors held for five years by leftist rebels in Colombia moved closer to collecting on a $318 million...
Mueller report witness to be sentenced on child sex charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A Lebanese American businessman who was a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's report and who helped broker the...
Detained US Navy veteran freed by Iran as part of deal
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. Navy veteran whose family said his only crime was falling in love left Iran on Thursday after nearly two...
Woman taken hostage by Connecticut murder suspect found safe
A woman who said she was abducted by a college student suspected of killing two people in Connecticut has been found safe in New...
Bigotry mars return of Italy hostage who converted to Islam
ROME (AP) - A right-wing lawmaker in Italy was reprimanded Wednesday after he called a young Italian woman who converted to Islam while being...