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... research. The kidnappings include those perpetrated by criminal gangs looking to extort money, in addition to the high-profile terrorist cases. Rachel Briggs, who started Hostage UK in 2004 and, more recently, Hostage US to support the families of hostages, was a university student when her British uncle was kidnapped ...
Two Libyan hijackers surrendered to authorities after threatening to use hand grenades to blow up a plane they diverted from Libya to Malta.
In January, Iran released American hostages in a development coinciding with a U.S. payout of $400 million -- money that had been owed for decades. The Obama administration previously denied a connection between the two events, but on Friday, the State Department modified its response, saying the money was used as “leverage.” Judy Woodruff talks...
U.S.-backed rebel forces have captured the city of Manbij from the Islamic State, whose grip on the city lasted two years but faltered after months of fighting.
... GWEN IFILL: Finally, Nick, for many Americans, the last thing they heard about this question of Boko Haram's strength in Nigeria has centered around hostage-taking, specifically about those Chibok girls. Where does this stand now? We keep hearing that thousands of hostages have been released, but not so ...
... GWEN IFILL: The Iran hostage crisis was one of the defining moments of the 1970s, and it fractured a relationship between two nations that has never healed. Now, 36 years after it began, the former hostages are finally getting compensation. It was November 4, 1979. The U.S. Embassy ...
WASHINGTON — The mother of American journalist James Foley, who was publicly beheaded in August 2014 by the Islamic State, says her family felt abandoned by the American government. She wants to see a review of the U.S. hostage policy. Testifying at a House hearing, Diane Foley of Rochester, New ...
... statement: Early today in Iraq, at the request of the Kurdistan Regional Government, U.S. Special Operations Forces supported an Iraqi Peshmerga operation to rescue hostages at an ISIL prison near Hawijah, Iraq. This operation was deliberately planned and launched after receiving information that the hostages faced imminent mass execution ...
... death in the past, none have been confirmed. We apologize for the error. JUDY WOODRUFF: There's word of a new atrocity against an American hostage by the Islamic State group. The parents of Kayla Mueller said today that U.S. intelligence confirms she was repeatedly raped before her death ...
... JUDY WOODRUFF: For reaction to the White House announcement, we hear from a former hostage. Michael Scott Moore was held for nearly three years before in Somalia his release last fall. The German-American surfing writer was kidnapped in January of 2012 while researching a book on Somali pirates ...
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