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Two armed people entered an office of Turkey's ruling AK Party

Turkey

Turkish prosecutor taken hostage dies from wounds after shootout

A Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed after a shootout with police at a courthouse in Istanbul.

Turkey

Istanbul: prosecutor held hostage dies after shootout

An Istanbul prosecutor has died from his wounds after security forces stormed the office where members of a far-left Turkish group took him hostage

Turkey

Istanbul: Police negotiate with gunmen who've taken prosecutor hostage

Turkish police say negotiations are underway with gunmen who have taken a prosecutor hostage in Istanbul. The far-left Revolutionary People’s

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Turkey

Turkish prosecutor held by gunmen in Istanbul courthouse

Gunmen have taken a Turkish prosecutor hostage in Istanbul. The far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) has published a

Turkey

Turkish prosecutor taken hostage at gunpoint

Police have evacuated a courthouse in Turkey after a far-right group took an Istanbul prosecutor hostage and threatened to kill him. The

World News

Sydney cafe reopens three months after deadly siege

A Sydney cafe has reopened for the first time since being the scene of a deadly siege. Gunman Man Monis took 18 hostages at the Lindt cafe three

Tunisia

Deadly museum siege ends in Tunisia with heavy death toll of foreign tourists

Anxiety and grief in Tunisia as a deadly standoff has come to and end two hours after it began.

Tunisia

Tunisia: seventeen foreign tourists among 19 people killed in museum attack

Seventeen foreign tourists were among 19 people killed in a gun attack on Tunisia’s national museum on Wednesday, the country’s prime minister said

World News

Tony Abbott pushes for tighter immigration in Sydney siege report

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott hints at tighter immigration laws following December's deadly Sydney siege.

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ISIL hostage Kenji Goto mourned in Japan

World News

Amman wants proof Jordanian pilot alive as ISIL prisoner swap deadline approaches

Amman says it needs guarantees the Jordanian pilot threatened by ISIL militants is alive before any prisoner swap can go ahead. An audio message

World News

Sydney cafe siege inquest hears that one hostage was killed by a police bullet

The inquest into last month’s Sydney cafe siege has opened in Australia On day one the court heard that hostage Katrina Dawson (38) was killed by

Jordan

Jordan 'ready' to swap jihadist bomber for pilot held by ISIL

Jordan has said it is willing to hand over an Iraqi would-be suicide bomber – if a Jordanian pilot captured by the so-called Islamic State is freed

Japan

Japan and Jordan join forces to secure release of two of their nationals from the hands of ISIL

Japanese officials are working closely with those in Jordan as efforts to win the release of two ISIL held hostages intensify. . After an emergency

Central African Republic

French aid worker freed in Central African Republic

A French aid worker abducted last Monday in the Central African Republic has been freed. Claudia Priest, who is 67, worked for a charity providing

Japan

ISIL hostage Kenji Goto's mother begs for his release

The distraught mother of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, held captive by the militant group calling itself Islamic State (ISIL)along with another

Central African Republic

African aid group hopes kidnapped French worker will be freed

Caritas, one of the main aid groups in Central African Republic say it’s optimistic a kidnapped French charity worker could be released today. The

Central African Republic

Armed men kidnap UN worker in Central African Republic

Armed men have kidnapped a woman working for the UN peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic. It is thought the victim was snatched from a

Iraq

Islamic State militants demand $200 million ransom for Japanese hostages

The militant Islamic State group is demanding $200 million from Japan to free two of its citizens. In a video posted online, a black-clad figure