Dad says no progress on captive soldier
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The father of a soldier held captive by Gaza militants for more than two months said Sunday there has been no progress in the intensive efforts to free his son.
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TONY JONES: The ongoing saga of a British hostage held in Iraq is proving to be a real political challenge for Tony Blair. The family of Ken Bigley has attacked the Prime Minister for doing nothing, while Mr Bigley faces death.
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The US denies that a female prisoner in Iraq is to be freed, as a British hostage's family awaits news of his fate.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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The father of a Yemeni detainee found hanged in his Guantanamo cell said Sunday he will only receive his son&#039;s body for burial once an international investigation is launched into the death.
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Charity workers were still facing an agonising wait for news of Iraq aid worker Margaret Hassan tonight after a televised plea to her kidnappers was met with silence.
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AGERSTOWN, Md., Aug. 17 - The Army reservist who tipped off investigators to abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison by his fellow soldiers is in protective military custody because of death threats, family members said on ...
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The family of a British hostage captured in Iraq has appealed to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to intervene to try to save his life.
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A soldier from an Army Reserve unit whose members refused to deliver fuel along a dangerous route in Iraq says he and others did not act out of fear, as the soldier's father has said.
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The planned release of a US citizen captured in Afghanistan as a suspected enemy combatant has been delayed, a State Department official said Thursday, because of what the US official described as a snag in negotiations with the Saudi government.
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The father of a soldier killed in Iraq explains why he climbed a pylon outside Labour's conference.
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No serious negotiations have been held   on swapping an Israeli soldier captured by Gaza-based militants   for Palestinian prisoners, Hamas's exiled political leader   Khaled Meshaal said in remarks published on Thursday.
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An al-Qaida-linked group said Monday it was holding captive two U.S. privates, one from Texas and the other from Oregon, and taunted the U.S. military for failing to find the soldiers despite a search involving more than 8,000 Iraqi and American troops.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Force will not be used to free 23 South Korean hostages held by Taliban rebels in Afghanistan and Afghan authorities are hopeful of a breakthrough later in the day, a provincial governor said on Tuesday.
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A little-known Iraqi insurgent group said  on Tuesday it was holding a U.S. soldier and threatened to kill  him within 72 hours if Iraqi prisoners were not released,  according to an Internet statement.
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The U.S. military said Monday no decision had been made on whether to discipline Army reservists who refused a supply mission last week, despite statements from their relatives that the soldiers would be discharged.
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Relatives of the U.S. soldier who  sounded the alarm about abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib  prison said on Monday the family was living in protective  custody because of death threats against them.