Journalist Maria Ressa reports on the slayings of 21 hostages abducted by gunmen in the Philippines.

A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates apear on camera for the first time in weeks. ITN's Jonathan Rugman repo...

Heavily armed militants were holding several soldiers hostage inside Pakistan's army headquarters early Sunday more than 16 h...

Three US military contractors were among the 15 hostages rescued by the Colombian forces that freed Ingrid Betancourt from Fa...

Gunmen on Wednesday (March 28) freed dozens of children and three teachers held hostage for over nine hours in a bus in the P...

A Colombian police officer who escaped after being held by the FARC leftist rebels for nine years is reunited with his family...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is ready to help engage in negotiations for the release of three American hostages held capt...

Helicopter-borne French troops swooped in on Somali pirates after they released 30 hostages from a yacht.

Indian news reports say five hostages have been killed in the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group..... View...

The three American contractors freed with Ingrid Betancourt have now arrived in the United States. They were captured when th...