Hostage

An Australian woman held prisoner in Iran for over two years told Newsweek that the guard was a "masterful manipulator."

Authorities began investigating the situation after a woman in California told law enforcement that her sister was being held for ransom in Texas.

He'd reportedly not seen his child in nearly a year due to a restraining order filed against him by the mother.

Sen. Kelly Townsend said, "We are currently there being held hostage," as tear gas was fired outside the Senate building.

The Islamic State group has been blamed for the deaths of American hostages including journalist James Foley.

The investigation showed that the 2-year-old died from a single round fired by an officer at the scene.

Jorge Alexander Gonzalez is charged with assaulting his victim, with further charges to follow.

The man punched, kicked and poured bleach on the woman, according to documents, then forced her to attend the interview with him.

American basketball player Brittney Griner's detention has been extended by two months, after her arrest for reported possession of drugs.

Video clips posted online appeared to show one person being held at gunpoint inside the store in Amsterdam.

The suspect was previously convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted possession of a controlled substance.

"I am so sorry that you had to endure this tragedy," Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker said in an interview. "It's horrible for all of us."

The dots are not too difficult to connect.

The Biden White House did not send the right message, to say the least, when it announced last month that it was delaying and downgrading rule-making on combating antisemitism to a "long-term action."

The man allegedly went on several profanity-laced rants while holding the victims hostage.

With a lack of will to apply pressure, the Biden team may have to return to the ransom-for-hostage policy of the Obama years and call it nothing less than "success of diplomacy."

Els Woodke, wife of a man kidnapped from Niger by JNIM, said the U.S. government has put restrictions on her trying to raise ransom money.

After the arrest, a search revealed three people, "covered in blood," who were being held inside the accused man's home.

The woman apparently returned to Mali to find her adopted daughter after she experienced issues transitioning back into life in Europe, French media reported.

The Republican senator said he and other members of Congress "have been working around the clock" to help Americans still in Afghanistan.

"We are going to find ways to get them—the ones that want to leave—to get them out of Afghanistan," White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Sunday.

"We will hold the Taliban to its pledge to let people freely depart Afghanistan," the State Department said Sunday.

Rep. Michael McCaul warned that the Taliban are "not going to allow American citizens to leave until they get full recognition from the United States."

"This is really turning into a hostage situation, where they're not going to allow American citizens to leave until they get full recognition," the GOP congressman said.

Negotiations are currently underway in a hostage situation at a Wells Fargo Bank in St. Cloud, Minnesota Thursday evening.

Former White House official said not getting hostage journalist back was "one of my biggest failures under the Trump administration."

Police spent six hours responding and negotiating with a suspect who had reportedly taken hostages in a doctor's office in Austin, Texas.

Police in Salem have not revealed how many people died in the incident, but said the hostage taker was among those killed.

An Asheboro, NC man has been arrested on charges of keeping a woman trapped in his house for half a decade and forcing her to have sex with him in exchange for basic needs.

"I have a 9 mm and if I want, I will put a bullet in each of your heads," the captain told his passengers.