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33 Colombian soldiers freed after capture

BOGOTA – Some 33 Colombian soldiers were freed Thursday (Friday Manila time) after being held captive for three days in a southeastern Amazonian community...

Security Council to meet on Gaza hostages — envoy

UNITED NATIONS, New York – The UN Security Council will hold an emergency session on the hostages in Gaza, Israel’s ambassador said Sunday, as...

Marcos shelves COP28 trip for hostage crisis

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday he will not be attending the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, citing important developments...

Papua New Guinea police vow ‘any means necessary’ to end hostage crisis

Papua New Guinea police pledged Tuesday to use "any means necessary", including "lethal force", to free an Australian academic archaeologist and three others kidnapped...

Rody takes heat for Noy, says sorry to Suu Kyi

HONG KONG—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday formally apologized over the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists in a 2010 Manila hostage crisis that...
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