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Police respond to a suspecter terror attack in Trebes, southern France, on March 23, 2018. (Newsflare/Tarbouriech Roseline via AP)
March 23, 2018, 6:23 pm
Netanyahu, Rivlin condemn ‘brutal’ French terror attack
After 3 people killed by IS gunman in southern France, PM says 'civilized world must unite and work together' to defeat terrorism
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this image from video released by Taliban Media in December 2016, Caitlan Coleman talks in the video while her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle holds their two children. (Taliban Media via AP)
October 14, 2017, 7:50 am
Rescued hostages return to Canada, say 1 child killed by Taliban
US-Canadian family arrive home after being held in Afghanistan for 5 years
By MARTIN BENEDYK, Rob Gillies and Jill Colvin
Juergen Vietor (3rd L), former co-pilot of the old Boeing 737 plane seen next to him, former flight attendant Gabriele von Lutzau (L) and former flight passenger Diana Muell (2nd L) pose in front of the former "Landshut" aircraft of German airline Lufthansa, in the cargo space of an Antonov AN 124 cargo plane after landing at the airport in Friedrichshafen, southern Germany, on September 23, 2017. ( AFP PHOTO / dpa / Karl-Josef Hildenbrand )
September 23, 2017, 5:21 pm
Last flight home for icon of ‘German Autumn’ of terror
40 years ago, plane was freed from Palestinian hijackers by a German commando unit formed after Munich Olympic massacre
By Frank Zeller
This image taken from video shows a foreign hostage who was among seven seized in Niger in 2010 by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Seated on the left is Abou Zeid (photo credit: AP/SITE)
July 2, 2017, 9:20 am
Al-Qaeda in Mali releases video showing 6 foreign hostages alive
Publication of film comes as French president visits country to discuss ongoing fight against jihadists
By AFP
The body of a suspected terrorist, at background left, lies on the ground while police control the scene at the shrine of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 7, 2017, 12:53 pm
Islamic State claims attack on Iranian parliament, ayatollah shrine
Eight said killed, 4 taken hostage in Tehran assaults; suicide bomber, gunmen hit Khomeini's tomb in a coordinated strike
By TOI staff
A man hands a child to a security guard from Iran's parliament building after an assault of several attackers, in Tehran, Iran, June 7, 2017 (Fars News Agency, Omid Vahabzadeh via AP)
June 7, 2017, 10:11 am
7 said killed, 4 taken hostage in raid on Iranian parliament
Meanwhile, 1 person killed as suicide bomber and gunmen hit Khomeini's tomb in a coordinated attack; Islamic State claims responsibility
By Sue Surkes
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a press conference at the US Justice Department on March 2, 2017, in Washington DC. (AFP/ Nicholas Kamm)
April 7, 2017, 11:37 am
US Justice Dept. awards more than $800m to victims of attacks
Iran hostages, victims of embassy bombings and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole receive compensation from special fund
By AP
An FBI poster shown in Washington during a news conference shows a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now, and a photo from a video released by his captors in 2010, left, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
March 26, 2017, 7:36 pm
In lawsuit, ex-FBI agent’s family accuse Iran of torturing them
Relatives of Robert Levinson say Islamic Republic using him to extract concessions from US, lying about its role in his capture
By Jon Gambrell
An FBI poster shown in Washington during a news conference shows a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now, and a photo from a video released by his captors in 2010, left, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
March 22, 2017, 10:53 am
Family of Jewish ex-FBI agent sues Iran over disappearance
Lawsuit filed in Washington accuses Tehran of using deception and lies to hide role in Robert Levinson‘s imprisonment
By TOI staff and Agencies
An FBI poster shown in Washington during a news conference shows a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now, and a photo from a video released by his captors in 2010, left, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/ Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
March 9, 2017, 10:59 pm
White House presses Iran for info on ex-FBI agent, offers $5m reward
Trump administration vows to locate Robert Levinson, days after family of Jewish-American operative call on president to help
By TOI staff and Agencies
Undated photo of CIA contractor and retired FBI agent Robert Levinson (AP/Levinson Family)
March 6, 2017, 1:34 pm
Family calls on Trump to bring back Jewish American from Iran
Relatives of Robert Levinson, 'longest-held hostage in American history,' demand president fulfill his campaign promise
By TOI staff
One of the hostages held by Somali pirates reacts as he arrives at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on October 23, 2016, after being freed with other hostages. (AFP)
October 24, 2016, 7:37 pm
Hostages held by Somali pirates for 5 years ate rats to survive
Ex-British army colonel negotiates release of 26 kidnapped Asian sailors, who describe some of the inhumane conditions they endured
By AFP and TOI staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Ed Royce during the committee's hearing on Iran, September 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
September 14, 2016, 8:58 pm
House panel approves bill prohibiting cash payments to Iran
Legislation comes a week after Obama administration acknowledged it paid Tehran $1.7 billion in cash installments
By Richard Lardner
US Secretary of State John Kerry with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif April 19, 2016, at the United Nations in New York. (AFP/Don Emmert)
September 7, 2016, 12:22 pm
US payment of $1.7 billion to Iran made entirely in cash
$400 million used as leverage to free American hostages; remaining money paid from Treasury discretionary fund
By Richard Lardner
In this Jan. 17, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks about the release of Americans by Iran, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
August 27, 2016, 6:26 pm
Obama’s $400m cash payout to Iran is unprecedented, say legal experts
No other transaction in US history has involved a planeload of bills, say diplomatic historians, raising questions about payment timed to help free prisoners
By Bradley Klapper
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