Iraqi militants 'kill US hostage'
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An Islamist website has published a video purportedly showing the execution of a US hostage in Iraq, reports say.
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A militant group in Iraq said it had  killed two Macedonian hostages it accused of spying for the  United States, Arabic television Al Jazeera reported Monday.
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An American hostage in Iraq has been  killed by his captors, who say they also will kill a second  American and a Briton they are holding, a message on an  Islamist Web site said Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi extremist group linked to Al Qaeda said yesterday that it had killed a second American hostage, a day after a video recording showed the insurgents beheading another American captive. The group announced the slaying on an Islamist website in a statement laced with threats against the US presence in Iraq.
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British hostage Ken Bigley has been killed by his kidnappers in Iraq, his family confirms.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been murdered by his captors in Iraq, his family has confirmed.
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A militant group said in an Internet message today that it had killed 11 Iraqi security officers it was holding hostage, while another group released a video showing it had kidnapped an elderly Polish woman.
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DUBAIâAn Islamist group claimed yesterday to have killed two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq, as a separate militant group released a video apparently showing the beheading of a captive American man.
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A group linked to suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday night to have beheaded a US hostage in Iraq, the second in two days, according to a statement attributed to it on an Islamist Web site.
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An Iraqi militant group said on its Web site Thursday that it had killed 11 Iraqi troops taken hostage south of Baghdad and posted video of the bound men being shot or beheaded.
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Insurgents in Iraq kill at least 11 people by locking them into a house and blowing it up, the US military says.
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A grisly video released Thursday showed militants killing 11 Iraqi troops held hostage for days, beheading one, then shooting the others execution-style.
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US forces kill some 25 militants in  the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after a suicide attack, the US army says.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - A militant Iraqi group said it  had killed 12 Nepali hostages and showed pictures of one being  beheaded and others being shot dead, the worst mass killing of  captives since a wave of kidnappings erupted in April.
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CAIRO, Egypt - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American hostage Eugene Armstrong.    The militant group led by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage - either another American or a Briton held by the group - will be killed in 24 hours unless all Muslim women prisoners are released from U.S...
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A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed an American captive in Iraq  after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic  channel Al Jazeera said.
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Militants in Iraq have beheaded an Iraqi contractor who they say was working for US forces. Members of the Ansar al-Sunna Army, the group responsible for the beheading said in a videotaped message on an Islamist