UK Hostages

British Hostage 'Killed By Nigerian Islamists'

PA | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK

The Foreign Office is "urgently investigating" claims that a British man has been killed in Nigerian. The unsubstantiated claims come from a breaka...

Mehdi Hasan

Britain's Awkward Algerian Alliance

HuffingtonPost.com | Mehdi Hasan | Posted 18.01.2013 | UK Politics

The plight of British hostages caught up in a violent siege at a gas facility in the Algerian desert has drawn attention not just to the activities of...

How The Algerian Hostage Crisis Unfolded

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.01.2013 | UK

Islamist militants are holding a number of Britons and foreign nationals hostage after armed terrorists stormed a natural gas field in the east of Alg...

£5,000 Reward For Help Finding Armed Robber Who Kidnapped Two People

PA | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK

A £5,000 reward is being offered in a bid to find an armed robber who has kidnapped two people. There have been two incidents in the New Forest ar...

Why Does A Former Hostage Think Homeland Is 'Ridiculous'?

PA | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

Former hostage John McCarthy has voiced his concern over violent scenes in Homeland, the hit drama about a US war hero turned by al Qaida, and dubbed ...

Man 'Holding Office Workers Hostage In Pennsylvania'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK

Police are responding to reports that a man with explosives and a gun is holding office workers hostage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A Swat team ha...

Police Storm Plane At Amsterdam Airport After Confusion Over 'Hostage Situation'

Posted 29.08.2012 | UK

Security forces surrounded and entered a plane at Schiphol airport after miscommunication between pilots and air traffic control led authorities to be...

Somali Pirate Kidnap Couple To Finish Sailing Trip Despite Ordeal

PA | Sara C Nelson | Posted 08.06.2012 | UK

The couple held hostage by Somali pirates for more than a year are planning to finish their round-the-world sailing trip. Rachel and Paul Chandler ...

The West-End Siege - Can We Learn to Bargain Better if We Use Hostage Negotiation Techniques?

Dr Raj Persaud | Posted 29.06.2012 | UK
Dr Raj Persaud

On Friday swathes of the West-End of London were closed off, causing traffic chaos throughout the city, in a highly unusual incident for the UK. The authorities were dealing with a man who appeared to have taken an office hostage, and seemed to be threatening to blow up the building.

Thai Man Holds Wife Hostage At Knifepoint (PICTURES)

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 05.04.2012 | UK

Thai police have arrested a man who held his own wife hostage at knifepoint on a Bangkok street. Sakdawut Hamsiri, 30, believed to be under the inf...

'Heart Of Gold': Family Pay Tribute To Hostage Killed In Nigeria

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK

The family of Christopher McManus, the British hostage killed in Nigeria, have paid tribute to to him on the day of his funeral, as someone who had a ...