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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter (C), identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)
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Luke Somers at a parade marking the second anniversary of the revolution in Sana’a, Yemen, on February 11, 2013.
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American hostage killed in Yemen rescue attempt
Sana’a, AP—An American photojournalist held by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen has been killed in a failed US rescue attempt, authorities said Saturday. Lucy Somers told The Associated Press that she and her father learned of her 33-year-old brother Luke...Caption:
Swiss man Lorenzo Vinciguerra is carried by soldiers, following his rescue, to a military hospital on the southern island of Jolo, Philippines, on December 6, 2014. (AFP Photo/Wesmincom)
Swiss hostage escapes from Filipino extremists
Manila, AP—A Swiss hostage made a dramatic escape Saturday from Abu Sayyaf extremists when he hacked a rebel commander then got shot as he dashed to freedom amid a military artillery assault, ending more than two years of jungle captivity in the southern Philippines,...Caption:
Armed police walk out of the Swafaa mosque after raiding it, in Mombasa, Kenya on November 19, 2014. (AP Photo)
Kenya police: Al-Shabaab militants kill 28 in bus
Nairobi, AP—Suspected Islamic extremists from Somalia hijacked a bus in Kenya’s north and killed 28 non-Muslims on board after they had been singled out from the rest of the passengers, police officials said Saturday. The bus traveling to the capital Nairobi...Caption:
Saudi National Guard Minister Prince Miteb Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz salutes a National Guard soldier as he arrives at the border town of Rafha in the Northern Borders Province in Saudi Arabia, on August 13, 2014. (Asharq Al-Awsat/Abdullah Al Muhsin)