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    Gas Killed 115 Hostages in Moscow, Doctors Say

    Oct 27, 2002 09:33 PM EST

    Andrei Seltsovsky, chairman of the health committee of the city of Moscow, told a news conference that 115 hostages perished from "The effects of the gas exposure." Officials would not say what the gas was, but compared it to anaesthetic. Security analysts surmised that it was probably a fast-acting ...

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    Chechen Rebels Hold Hundreds Hostage in Russia

    Oct 24, 2002 05:35 PM EST

    ... hostages or blow up the building if Russia did not agree to pull its troops out of the breakaway republic of Chechnya, press reports said. Hostage Maria Shkolnikova told Reuters via cell phone that explosives had been laid in passageways, on seats and were attached to hostages themselves. The Qatar ...

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    Russia Hostage Crisis

    Oct 24, 2002 04:00 AM EST

    DIMITRI SIMES: Yes but the initiative is in the hands of hostage takers and my concern is that some of the hostages may try to escape. That may become a trigger for the real disaster. As you know, President Bush today became first foreign leader who called President Putin and ...

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    U.S. Hostage Killed in Raid in the Philippines

    Jun 07, 2002 09:48 PM EST

    ... Burnhams, missionaries from Kansas, were kidnapped last May from a resort where they were celebrating their 18th wedding anniversary. The guerrillas also captured 18 other hostages, many of whom were released for ransom. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo offered sympathy to the Burnham and Yap families. "This has been a ...

  • UN Security Council holds high-level meeting on Gaza before Trump's Board of Peace convenes

    UN Security Council holds high-level meeting on Gaza before Trump's Board of Peace convenes

    Feb 18, 2026 10:58 PM EST

    ... of Peace meeting in Washington, D.C., tomorrow is an important step.” Aspects of the ceasefire deal have moved forward, including Hamas releasing all the hostages it was holding and increased amounts of humanitarian aid getting into Gaza, though the U.N. says the level is insufficient. A new technocratic ...

  • A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

    A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

    Feb 17, 2026 11:35 PM EST

    ... shadow senators, a position that primarily advocated for D.C. statehood. He also frequently met with foreign leaders.He negotiated the release of dozens of hostages during wars and conflicts, often without approval from presidents or Congress. In 2007, when fellow Chicago Democrat Barack Obama announced a bid for the ...

  • Mideast experts on what Israel wants from U.S.-Iran nuclear discussions

    Mideast experts on what Israel wants from U.S.-Iran nuclear discussions

    Feb 11, 2026 11:35 PM EST

    The president's standing among the Israeli public is quite high, largely because he was seen as producing the release of all the American hostages. And Bibi wants to be in a position where he can demonstrate, we all know how important Trump is to us and I'm the ...

  • What to know as Iran and the U.S. weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks

    What to know as Iran and the U.S. weigh holding a second round of nuclear talks

    Feb 11, 2026 10:15 PM EST

    ... s theocratic government. Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah’s extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that saw diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S. severed. The Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s saw the U.S. back ...

  • Immigration officials defend officers and tactics as public backlash grows

    Immigration officials defend officers and tactics as public backlash grows

    Feb 10, 2026 11:45 PM EST

    ... term funding deal now. Here's John Thune. Sen. John Thune (R-SD): These federal employees at TSA and other agencies shouldn't be held hostage by the Democrats in potentially another government shutdown. So the best way to avoid that is to strike a deal. And I think that ...

  • Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza, hospital says, as death toll mounts despite ceasefire

    Israeli drone strike kills 2 cyclists in Gaza, hospital says, as death toll mounts despite ceasefire

    Feb 10, 2026 04:47 PM EST

    ... The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, on Oct. 7, 2023. The 251 hostages taken in the attack were returned to Israel in various ceasefire agreements, with the remains of Israeli police officer Ran Gvili — the final body ...