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Brit IS militants captured in Syria: report
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Feb 9 (ANI): Two British Islamic States (IS) militants have reportedly been captured by the US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria.
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Ukraine post office hostages freed
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Kharkiv [Ukraine], December 31 (ANI): The Ukranian police has freed all the eleven hostages, including children, who were being held at a post office in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv.
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Taliban release 235 hostages in northern Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mazar-i-Sharif [Afghanistan], Aug 8 (ANI): At least 235 hostages were rescued from the Taliban in northern Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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Ahead of Iraq visit, V. K. Singh expresses hope to trace 39 Indian hostage
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Before leaving for Iraq to trace 39 Indians held captive by terror group ISIS in Mosul since 2014, Minister of State for External Affairs V. K. Singh has expressed hope to bring the Indian hostage safely back to the country.
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V K Singh to visit Iraq for locating 39 missing Indians
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI):Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh will travel to Erbil,Iraq, later on Monday to locate and bring back the 39 Indians reportedly kept in Mosul as hostages of the ISIS.
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ISIS-linked militants attack Philippines village, take hostages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 21 (ANI): Several residents have been taken hostage and used as human shields after armed terrorists stormed a village in the Cotabato province of the Philippines, according to local police.
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39 Indian hostages in Iraq's Mosul alive:MEA
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday that 39 Indians taken hostage in the Iraqi city of Mosul by the fighters aligned to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in 2014 are alive.
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Knife wielding man holds hostages at job centre in northeast England
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.] June 9 (ANI): An armed man is holding hostages at a job centre in Northeast England.
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Philippines troops rescue 78 hostages, kills 13 ISIS-linked terrorists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow[Russia], May25 (ANI) :At least 13 ISIS linked terrorists were killed in the Philippines city of Marawi where government forces carried out an operation over 70 hostages held captive by the Islamic State linked Maute Group inside the Amai Pakpak Medica center public hospital.
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Govt. leaving no stone unturned to try to free ISIS-held Indian hostages:
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the families of 39 Indian nationals held captive in Iraq, and assured them that they are alive. She said the government is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the stranded people there.
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TTP claims custody of crashed Pak chopper's hostages
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug. 11 (ANI): Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Hakimullah Mehsud Group has claimed that they have in their custody all the hostages of the Pakistani Punjab
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Priest killed, hostage takers neutralised in France church attack
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, July 26 (ANI): French police on Tuesday said that a priest has been killed in the Normandy region of northern France after two men armed with knives took hostages in a church before being shot dead.
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