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Navy SEAL Sheehy slams Biden’s ‘shameful’ hostage exchange with Iran, ‘dangerous’ foreign policy decisions

EXCLUSIVE – Former Navy Seal Tim Sheehy, the Republican candidate running to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, criticized President Biden’s handling of foreign policy after the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iranian prisoner swap, and “dangerous” military focus. “We’re encouraging our generals and admirals to focus on social issues instead of combat readiness,” Sheehy told

Macron says French ambassador to Niger is a hostage

CNN — The French ambassador to Niger and other French diplomats are “literally being held hostage at the French embassy,” according to French president Emmanuel Macron. Speaking to journalists during a visit to the Côte D’Or region in France on Friday, Macron said that “food was prevented from being delivered” to the embassy in Niamey,

57 guards, officers released in Ecuador following hostage takeover in several prisons, authorities say

Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s corrections system, the National

Over 30 women held hostage by Cameroonian rebels released

Separatist militants kidnap more than 30 women in protest against the imposition of illegal taxes on them were released, the government said on Friday. The women were taken away earlier this month from Babanka, a farming village in the Northwest Region, on the border with Nigeria. “We have taken the women to hospitals where they

Separatists in Indonesian Papua threaten to shoot New Zealand hostage if talks are rejected

Rebels in the Indonesian region of Papua have threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries don’t meet their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group showed on Friday. Guerrillas in the central highlands of Papua who want to liberate Papua

Six African tanker crew members freed from captivity by pirates, 10 remain hostage

Six crew members of Liberian-flagged tanker held hostage by pirates for more than a month West Africa were released, the Danish shipping company that owns the ship said on Monday. On March 25, pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe Noire, Congo. The ship was found abandoned five days later by a French

Pirates take hostage members of the crew of an oil tanker off the coast of West Africa

Six crew members of 16 on a Liberian-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in Gulf of Guinea West Africa Last week, the Danish shipper who owns the ship and the French Navy said on Friday. Pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe Noire, Congo on March 25,

American couple held hostage in Haiti; kidnappers raise ransom demand

A couple from Florida Port-au-Prince, Haiti According to family members, they are being held for ransom after being kidnapped. Jean Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, 33, were reportedly abducted on a bus on March 18 while visiting sick relatives and attending a local festival. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint were reportedly abducted on a bus

Journalist and aid worker released in Mali after being held hostage for several years

A French journalist who was held hostage by Islamic extremists in Mali for nearly two years was released on Monday, the French president and Reporters Without Borders said. Olivier Dubois was abducted in April 2021 from northern Mali, a region of the country engulfed in violence by jihadists linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State

Oil protests turn deadly: 79 police officers taken hostage, 2 killed

Protests in Colombia escalated into violence after locals took 79 police hostage and two people were killed in a clash. Residents of the southern province of Colombia Caqueta blocked the territory of the oil company. Emerald Energy, a subsidiary of China’s state-owned Sinochem. They also took nine oil workers hostage along with dozens of policemen.

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Navy SEAL Sheehy slams Biden’s ‘shameful’ hostage exchange with Iran, ‘dangerous’ foreign policy decisions

Macron says French ambassador to Niger is a hostage

57 guards, officers released in Ecuador following hostage takeover in several prisons, authorities say

Over 30 women held hostage by Cameroonian rebels released

Separatists in Indonesian Papua threaten to shoot New Zealand hostage if talks are rejected

Six African tanker crew members freed from captivity by pirates, 10 remain hostage

Pirates take hostage members of the crew of an oil tanker off the coast of West Africa

American couple held hostage in Haiti; kidnappers raise ransom demand

Journalist and aid worker released in Mali after being held hostage for several years

Oil protests turn deadly: 79 police officers taken hostage, 2 killed