Armed man holds woman hostage at Turkish Airlines
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An unidentified armed man was holding a woman hostage at the headquarters of Turkish Airlines in Istanbul on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the company told Reuters.
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Police detained a Turkish Airlines  employee on Tuesday after he released a woman he had been  holding hostage with a gun at the company's headquarters, a  company spokeswoman told Reuters.
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Two women were taken hostage inside their Chicago apartment building early Thursday, sparking a police standoff that stretched more than six hours on Thanksgiving morning.
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A Turkish construction worker kidnapped  in Iraq has been rescued during a U.S.-led offensive in the  rebellious town of Samarra, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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An accused Kurdish rebel suspected of detonating a deadly car bomb last week in Turkey's southeast has been captured, an official said Tuesday. Six other suspects also were detained.
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BRINDISI, Italy  - Two Turkish hijackers seeking to send a message to Pope Benedict seized a Turkish passenger plane flying from the Albanian capital Tirana to Istanbul on Tuesday and diverted it to Italy.
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Former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona  was held hostage by armed robbers, along with her husband and  baby, during a burglary at their Cheshire home in the early  hours of Monday, police said.
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One of Turkeyâs richest businessmen has been taken hostage in Iraq, writes Tom Pattinson. Kahraman Sadikoglu, a shipping magnate, was shown on a private Turkish television channel being questioned by kidnappers.
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An armed man who hijacked a Mauritanian plane to Spain's Canary Islands Thursday was overpowered by passengers and crew before he was arrested by police who boarded the plane shortly after landing, government ...Comment
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The head of the Police Department's counterterrorism bureau was detained by federal authorities Thursday after trying to board a flight at Los Angeles International Airport with a loaded handgun in his carryon luggage.
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The hijack of a Turkish airliner by a man on the run from the military throws a spotlight on conscientious objectors in Turkey.
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How can a single unarmed passenger  hijack an international airliner?
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Armed assailants attacked a convoy of Turkish trucks delivering supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq and took two Turkish drivers hostage, their company said Monday.
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At least one suspect took an unknown number of hostages Tuesday at the Mexican consulate, and a TV news camera later showed a man apparently being shot as he held a woman by the neck.
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ATHENS : Armed men hijacked a bus in an Athens suburb early Wednesday, taking some 20 passengers aboard hostage, a police source said.
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A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 107 passengers from Tirana, Albania to Istanbul, Turkey, was hijacked Tuesday and landed at Italy's Brindisi airport, a company spokesman said.
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ANKARA, Turkey Turkey says kidnappers have released a Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq Saturday. This came after the transport company the driver worked for said it would withdraw from Iraq.