https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/09/1080726633_0:328:3059:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_fb2dee3b99b04d2bf43a63c394faa9c6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202010091080726665-swiss-hostage-killed-by-terrorists-in-mali–foreign-ministry/ ZURICH (Sputnik) – A Swiss female citizen, who had been a hostage of terrorists in Mali for four years, has been killed, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said. “Friday afternoon the French authorities informed the Swiss authorities that the Swiss hostage in Mali is dead. She was apparently killed by kidnappers of the Islamist terrorist organization Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal […]
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A hostage situation inside a Salem, Oregon home took a deadly turn Monday afternoon after a 34-year-old killed two people—including an 11-year-old boy—and wounded a third before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. Oregon State Police said Tuesday Jesus Lopez-Tinoco held multiple people hostage in the home before killing 24-year-old Diari Bustos-Bustos and the 11-year-old, whose name has not been released, and injuring a third […]
With trade talks with the EU stalled, Boris Johnson’s government is considering reneging on key commitments under the withdrawal agreement, potentially opening a can of political snakes. With only weeks left to seal a deal on future trade relations with the European Union, the UK will up the ante and go for the “nuclear option”. Legislation currently prepared by the government will walk out on key […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel on Thursday agreed to sign a treaty to begin the process of normalising relations, in a deal said to have been brokered by US President Donald Trump. The Israeli Prime Minister claims that the new relationship between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv will lead to an agreement with the Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007231079961389-man-issues-threats-with-explosives-takes-police-officer-hostage-in-poltava-ukraine—reports/ Poltava police were attempting to detain the man, who was suspected of the illegal possession of a vehicle, according to their press service. Poltava Police had been conducting a special operation on Ostap Vishny Street to detain a man suspected of illegally possessing a vehicle. “Attempting to avoid responsibility, the man resisted and threatened the police officers with a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107416/84/1074168409_0:979:2256:2248_1200x675_80_0_0_d77b03ba04714fbb675d1d3acc218138.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007221079957174-joaquin-phoenix-documentary-mightve-helped-resolve-hostage-situation-in-ukraine-media-says/ The Ukrainian president reportedly said that the hostage taker agreed to release three hostages before Zelenskiy would record the message in question. The resolution of a recent hostage crisis in Ukrainian city of Lutsk might’ve been facilitated by a “bizarre message” involving a certain film narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, posted online by the Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Sky News […]
A bus seized by an armed gunman who took 13 hostages in the city center of Lutsk, some 250 miles west of Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP hide caption toggle caption Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP A bus seized by an armed gunman who took 13 hostages in the city center of Lutsk, some 250 miles west of Kyiv, Ukraine on Tuesday. Pavlo Palamarchuk/AP A hostage standoff on […]
Heavily armed police officers were called in after a man took people hostage on a bus in the city of Lutsk in Western Ukraine. Gunfire was reported on site. The perpetrator is armed and has explosives, local media reported, citing police. Around 20 people are believed to be trapped inside the bus. The officers have cordoned off the area in the city’s center, and negotiations with the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105327/71/1053277150_0:101:3741:2205_1200x675_80_0_0_98dd7b2708b14b52cb39834f605dda6d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202007181079923453-gulf-of-guinea-pirates-reportedly-take-13-russians-ukrainians-hostage-in-tanker-attack/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Pirates attacked a petrochemical tanker in the Gulf of Guinea Saturday and took 13 Russian and Ukrainian crew members, hostage, Maritime Bulletin reported citing ship owners. The Liberia-flagged Curacao Trader was approximately 210 nautical miles from Benin when it was attacked at 11:00 GMT, ship management company Alison Management Corporation said in a statement shared by […]
Seattle police stormed into the city’s CHOP/CHAZ zone early Wednesday morning, shortly after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order that demanded protesters leave the area, which has been occupied for more than two weeks. Far-left Mayor Jenny Durkan allowed anarchists to hijack six square blocks for nearly weeks. Durkan claimed CHOP was a “summer of love” full of potlucks and drum circles. In reality, CHOP […]
Is comedy still funny if there’s no one there to laugh? That’s the question that many comedians have been struggling to answer over these past two months—and one that was put to the test on Sunday night during the Feeding America Comedy Festival, a two-hour tour-de-force telethon to benefit that organization’s COVID-19 Response Fund. Former comic and current media mogul Byron Allen teamed up with Funny […]