Police who shot dead an armed fugitive who held his pregnant wife hostage were inadequately prepared for the risks they faced ...

Former hostages (clockwise from upper left): Jason Rezaian (held in Iran); Paul Whelan (held in Russia); Evan Gershkovich (held in Russia); and Michael Kovrig (held in China); AP, EPA, The ...

ADAM HARVEY, REPORTER: Almog Meir-Jan, in the black singlet, steps out of a military helicopter and into a new world. His life and his nation barely recognisable. It was a whiplash transition: the ...

"Any motion I want it to do, I can program it to do." The post Sheriff Unveils Humanoid Robot for Hostage Negotiation ...

Israel has identified the latest hostage body returned from Gaza as Israeli-Argentinian, Lior Rudaeff. Mr Rudaeff was killed while trying to protect his community in the Nir Yitzhak kibbutz, on ...

The dramatic 24-person prisoner swap between Russia, the United States and a number of other countries this month drew the world’s attention again to the vexing issue of so-called “hostage diplomacy” ...

A broken ex-cop gets a chance to save his son when he joins a taskforce trying to prevent terrorists from blowing up a plane over the Atlantic. A Syrian academic is giving a very public lecture on ...

Hostage-taking by nation-states is emerging as an overlooked consequence of the more unstable and dangerous world that's been created by the fracturing rules-based order. In an increasingly ...