Bakersfield bank hostage scare:  Major police response underway after bomb threat at California bank

Bakersfield bank hostage situation: Major police response underway as man with bomb strapped to chest hijacks California bank

A hostage situation unfolded on a train in west Switzerland on Thursday night (Feb 8), with passengers taken hostage by a man armed with an axe and a knife. The situation ended after the police raided the train and killed the suspect, said the authorities.

Swiss train hostage situation: Suspect arms himself with axe and knife

Over the weekend as the Indian subcontinent, Australia and parts of Europe were spellbound by the blockbuster Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia, a ray of hope for the longest duration of pause of conflict in Gaza emerged.

The Capitals: Between killed and killers, Doha's vital role for peace in West Asia

Air traffic at Hamburg airport in Germany remains suspended over a suspected hostage situation involving a child. This comes after a vehicle broke through security and entered the airport premises police have said an armed man drove through a barrier with his 4-year-old daughter.

Hamburg Airport shut due to hostage situation

David Barnea, the chief of Mossad, which is the national intelligence agency of Israel, visited Qatar over the weekend. Several media reports said that he was in Qatar to take part in discussions about the potential for a deal to release hostages in Gaza in return for humanitarian aid into Gaza, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Israel: Director of Mossad visits Qatar to discuss hostage situation, say reports

A man armed with grenade took a senior police officer hostage on Thursday. Then incident took place in the city of Poltava. The incident started around 09:05pm when the local police was trying to arrest a man who was a suspect of hijacking a vehicle.

Detained man takes policeman hostage with grenade in Ukraine

Pakistan’s Karachi Stock Exchange was attacked by four gunmen on Monday morning killing at least 10 people. The militants, who arrived in a car, opened indiscriminate fire and lobbed hand grenades at the main gate of the multi-storey building situated in a high-security zone as they tried to storm it, Geo News reported.

Karachi stock exchange attack: 11 killed, hostage situation foiled

Farrukhabad police shot and killed a man who held more than 20 children hostage, after staging a fake birthday party for his one-year-old daughter. Subhash Batham, the deceased criminal was accused of murder but had been out on bail.

Farrukhabad police killed hostage-taker whose wife was later beaten to death

French President Francois Hollande said the two hostage takers were terrorists who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State

French ministry says hostage takers 'neutralised,' priest killed in Normandy church siege

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