A major police operation was under way in Montreal on Friday at offices of French video game company Ubisoft that media reported was a possible hostage-taking. The police, however, later said no threat had been found.

Police evacuate French company's Montreal office building after hoax hostage call

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

12-Year-Old Held Hostage Killed In J&K Encounter

China on Tuesday vociferously defended a court's decision to impose the death penalty on a convicted Canadian drug smuggler, escalating a diplomatic row that experts say has descended into a high-stakes game of "hostage politics".

China defends court decision to impose death penalty on Canadian

The gunman remained holed up in the apartment overnight and all day Monday with the children, who were aged one, six, 10 and 11

Four children killed in US hostage drama

Joshua Boyle, 34, was arrested by Canadian police in December 2017, two months after he was freed, along with his American wife and their three children, and returned to Canada

Former Taliban hostage facing criminal charges in Canada granted bail: Report

A suicide bomber?rammed an explosive-laden car into the hotel's entrance before Al Shabaab gunmen stormed the restaurant to take hostages

Somalia: 19 dead after suicide bomber targets Mogadishu restaurant

Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman did not specify who had been holding the crew hostage nor what kind of exchange secured their release

More than a week after chopper crash, Afghan Taliban free Pakistan crew

Police said medics were held after entering a police compound seized by assailants 10 days ago to treat two gunmen injured in clashes

Armenia stand-off drags on: Pro-opposition gunmen take 4 medics hostage

National Security Service said four hostages have been released so far. The country's deputy police chief is reportedly held captive

Authorities in Armenia called on gunmen to release remaining hostages

'We think that he was accidentally shot dead,' said a police official. 'We are investigating'

Bangladesh police may have accidentally killed Holey Artisan employee

It ended 10 hours after it began with six gunmen killed, 13 hostages freed, one suspected terrorist taken alive and several casualties

The Dhaka siege: What, where, and who

The Japanese government on Saturday confirmed the death of seven Japanese nationals in the attack

All 20 hostages killed in Dhaka siege were foreigners

Spokesman John Kirby however could not confirm whether private US citizens were caught up in a 'hostage situation'

All US diplomatic staff accounted for in Dhaka, says State Department

Amid all the tragedy, an Argentinian chef describes his escape from IS attackers

Indian teenager among 20 victims in Dhaka cafe siege

This is still developing: 30 security officers hospitalised; 2 dead, many treated for grenade shrapnel wounds

IS hostage standoff in Dhaka continues

Both hostages were unharmed. One was a manager with whom the suspect reportedly had a work-related dispute, police said

Police shoot armed hostage-taker at Texas Walmart

Jumpei Yasuda, a freelance journalist since 2003 has been held captive in Baghdad since 2004. He had earlier pleaded for help by reading a message to his family in a video. The Japanese government is saying it is doing its best to get the victim released.

New photo of Japanese hostage in Syria appears, message reads "Please Help"

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