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Abu Sayyaf terrorist group plotted to kidnap Manny Pacquiao: Philippine President Aquino

Abu Sayyaf has allegedly plotted to kidnap boxing star Manny Pacquiao, according to Philippine presi...

Apr 28, 2016 05:42 AM EDT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discourages other nations to pay ransoms despite Canadian's death in the Philippines

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called on other nations not to pay ransom for release of hostages....

Apr 26, 2016 10:58 PM EDT

Desperate Bangladeshi migrant families await calls for ransom

In Bangladesh's southernmost tip, families cling to scraps of paper with Malaysian and Thai hand pho...

May 31, 2015 05:18 AM EDT

Reunions and ransoms: a day online in Myanmar's Rohingya camps

In this teeming camp for displaced Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, it's easy to overlook the in...

Feb 25, 2015 06:11 PM EST

Radical scholar provided Japan with channel to IS at hostage crisis peak

Japan's government opened a communication channel with Islamic State in the decisive stages of its r...

Feb 09, 2015 06:19 AM EST

Idaho trucker demands ransom for chicken load, then leaves it to rot

Authorities in Idaho are seeking a truck driver who held 37,000 pounds of frozen chicken for ransom ...

Sep 28, 2014 01:15 AM EDT