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British businessman who took four people hostage at Texas synagogue forced them to their knees and threatened to shoot them unless the FBI released an al-Qaeda prisoner, inquest told

A British businessman who took four people hostage at a synagogue in Texas forced them to their knees and threatened to shoot them unless the FBI released an al-Qaeda prisoner, an inquest heard. Malik Faisal Akram, 44, who was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, fired a warning shot and screamed he would ‘put a bullet’ in

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World

Israel hostage funerals take place ahead of expected cease-fire talks : NPR

Family members attend the funeral of Abraham Munder, 79, in Nir Oz, Israel, on Aug. 22. He was taken hostage from Israel in a Hamas-led attack last Oct. 7 and his body was one of six recovered by Israeli forces from Gaza this week. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maya Levin for

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Israel holds hostage funerals

Communities in southern Israeli bury the hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza earlier this week.

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Teenage prisoner swapped by Russia felt like ‘hostage’

Lik family Kevin Lik was taken to a German hospital for check-ups after his release Clutching a toothbrush and toothpaste, Kevin Lik waited for six hours in the main office of penal colony 14, near Arkhangelsk in Russia’s far north-west. It was late in the evening of Sunday 28 July, and the 19-year-old says he

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