India rules out direct dealing with Iraqi hostage-takers
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India's junior foreign minister said efforts were underway to free three Indian truck drivers held hostage by Iraqi insurgents but ruled out direct negotiations with the captors.
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Syria yesterday rejected Iraqi accusations that it and Iran were supporting Al Qaeda-linked insurgents in Iraq.
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New Delhi: Kashmiri separatist leaders have said that they are not under any pressure from Pakistan to be included as a third party in talks with the Centre.
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Britain is considering a direct approach to Iran for help in finding five British hostages in Iraq.
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NEW DELHI: The three Indians held hostage by militants in Iraq feared the worst several times during their 42-day captivity, though their captors repeatedly gave them hope of freedom.
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Malaysia Wednesday denied it had frozen the recruitment of workers from India, after reports quoted officials saying a ban was in place as the government cracks down on dissent by ethnic Indians.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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India will attach no conditions to  peace talks with Kashmir's political separatists, the home  minister said on Saturday, in an attempt to resume a dialogue  stalled due to new terms set by New Delhi.
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Care International suspended operations in Iraq today after gunmen seized the British woman who ran the humanitarian organisationâs work in the country.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to  kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive  and his family.
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The government has appealed to kidnappers holding hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq to make contact -- but still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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India rejects its inclusion on a US list of countries which have problems eradicating human trafficking.
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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NEW DELHI: Kuwait is working closely with Iraqi authorities to ensure the safe and expeditious release of three Indians abducted in Iraq, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad al-Sabah al-Salem al Sabah said on Wednesday.
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Some of the major attacks carried out in India, many of them blamed on Islamic militants opposed to New Delhi&#039;s rule in Kashmir:
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Britain says it will not bargain with Iraqi militants holding a UK man, after he made a video plea to Tony Blair.
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The parents of an Indian truck driver held hostage in Iraq vowed not to give up a hunger strike until their son was freed while their village refused to celebrate India's Independence Day in support.