Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya claimed the radical group has shown “flexibility” in the Cairo negotiations with Israel. According to him, Hamas reduced the number of Palestinian prisoners it demands to free in exchange for …
After the return to Azerbaijan of the majority of the territories occupied by Armenia for nearly three decades, researchers have begun to document the missing 4,000 Azerbaijani’s from the First Karabakh War (1988-1994) which …
French media reported that a man took his wife hostage in Domont commune near Paris after having shot at least two people and barricaded himself in the department of Val-d'Oise. Gendarmes discovered the suspect and his wife …
A gunman who took six people hostage in a bank in France on Thursday surrendered to elite police after a six-hour operation to free his captives. The hostage-taker, a 34-year-old with a history of mental illness, emerged slowly from the …
A hostage situation erupted in Paris yesterday after a man who claimed to be armed with a handgun and explosives seized two people, including a pregnant woman, who were then doused in petrol. The man seized two hostage in Rue des …
New details have been ascertained into the hostage-taking at a billiard bar in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan. Eyewitnesses said that the man who attacked had put the knife on the young woman’s neck and threatened to kill …
A disgruntled employee who fatally shot one person and held another hostage on Thursday at a restaurant in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, was shot by police, the city’s mayor said. Witnesses said the gunman brandished a …
An armed police officer receiving psychiatric treatment at an Istanbul hospital barricaded himself into a room and attempted to commit suicide, causing panic, officials have said. Earlier media reports had said the man had taken doctors …
It may have worse consequences for vocal dissidents in other countries than it will for other world leaders
The armed group in Armenia's capital city Yerevan released two medical staff, kept hostages, spokesperson of the Armenian healthcare ministry said on Sunday, TASS reports. "Doctor Norayr Tevanyan and nurse Malina Markaryan …
One of the physicians, Salvador Hechoyan, managed to escape from the police regiment in Yerevan, on the territory of which a group of armed men held him hostage since Wednesday, the director of the company ‘ Skoraya …
Much of the Yerevan sympathy for gunmen stems from antipathy toward the government, reputed among many for rampant corruption and abuse of civil rights
Two men stormed a northern French church, killing a priest and seriously wounding another person, before they were shot dead by police. A police source told Reuters it appeared the priest’s throat had been slit. Five …
The ruling Armenian team understands that any use of force against veterans of the Karabakh war would deal an even stronger blow to the image of the government itself
A gunman took several hostages in a bank in eastern Moscow, according to police sources, Sputnik reports. The gunman entered the building with a pistol, demanding money. The hostages are reportedly employees of the bank, who …
A plane of EgyptAir company has been hijacked by unidentified people on its journey to Cairo from Alexandria. Reuters reports that the hijacked aircraft with 82 passengers on board has landed in Larnaca (Cyprus). There is no …
