Japan weighs ransom in Islamic State threat to kill hostages.
CAIRO (AP) ��� The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours, demanding a $200 million ransom in a video posted online Tuesday that showed a knife-brandishing masked militant standing over the two kneeling captives. Speaking in. Besides Foley, the Islamic State group has beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig, Israeli-American Steven Sotloff, and British captives David Haines and Alan Henning.. Todays top headlines��.
Japanese reporter nabbed hunting for ISIL hostage
(USA TODAY) One of two Japanese men being held by the Islamic State for a $200 million ransom is a freelance journalist abducted after going into Syria to search for the first hostage, the NHK Japanese TV network reported. Reporter Kenji Goto, 47.
Deadline passes with no word on Japanese hostages
The Islamic State has carried out its previous threats, posting videos showing the beheading of American hostages James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British hostages David Haines and Alan Herring. Both the U.S. and Britain reject paying ransoms to.
New ISIS hostage video includes change in tactics
Their kidnapping also immediately recalled the 2004 beheading of a Japanese backpacker in Iraq, carried out by ISIS predecessor over Japans involvement in the U.S.-led war there. CBS News could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.
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That claim seems to be belied by numbers from the U.S. Labor Department, which says the overall number of working-age Americans without jobs or involuntarily working part-time stands at 11.2 percent.. Heres one example. During World War II, when.
Islamic State releases video showing beheading of US.
Islamic State fighters have issued a new video apparently showing the murder of US hostage Peter Kassig and threatening ���slaughter��� on Western streets. The 15-minute long grisly video shows the horrific beheading a group��.
Islamic State group threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages
The video, identified as being made by the Islamic State groups al-Furqan media arm and posted on militant websites associated with the extremist group, mirrored other hostage threats it has made. Japanese officials said they would analyze the tape to.
Islamic State beheading of US hostage Sotloff sparks outrage
An Islamic State video purporting to show the beheading of US hostage Steven Sotloff has sparked outrage. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the act would be a despicable crime. The US is still trying to verify the video but said the killing if.
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DPA Posted by DPA. A video message posted on jihadist websites purports to show the body of a beheaded Japanese hostage after Tokyo failed to heed a ransom deadline. Continue reading �� �� ISIL �� Japanese hostage beheaded in latest video released by ISIL. The original founders of Hong Kongs pro-democracy Occupy movement were arrested - but later released - today as the citys police chief defended the investigation into mass protests, saying it was not a show. Continue��.
New Video Appears to Show Beheading of British Hostage.
Japanese hostages held by ISIS met in Syria. Interpol: We. A short video released by ISIS on Friday shows the apparent beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning, with the executioner blaming the death on the United Kingdom for joining the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the group. Before he is. ���The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ISIL terrorists.���.
Deadline passes with no word on Japanese hostages
January 23, 2015 by yalibnan 1 Comment. There was no word on the fate of two Japanese hostages held by Islamic State militants hours after a deadline for a $200 million ransom in exchange for their safety passed Friday.. its previous threats, posting videos showing the beheading of American hostages James Foley and Steven Sotloff, and British hostages David Haines and Alan Herring. Both the U.S. and Britain reject paying ransoms to free hostages. USA today.
ISIL threatens to kill 2 Japanese hostages
Their kidnapping has reminded many in Japan of the 2004 beheading of a Japanese backpacker in Iraq over Japans involvement in the U.S.-led war there. The video, identified as being made by ISILs al-Furqan media arm and posted on websites associated .
Isis video shows murder of British hostage Alan Henning.
Militants release video of apparent beheading of 47-year-old Briton and say US citizen Peter Kassig will be next to die.. The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and [has] now [been] murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these Isil terrorists. We will do all we can. The video follows the same structure as the three previous Isis beheading videos... Steven Sotloff: Isis video claims to show beheading of US journalist. 2��.
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The Caliphate, the Islamic State, or IS(IS) has released a series of videos showing beheadings of American and British hostages. With a. Today IS is threatening to kill two Japanese nationals. UPDATE:. IS To Decapitate 2 Japanese Hostages in 72 Hours. It also claimed they had at the time already filmed eight Cantlie films, meaning at the very least there is one more to be released by the Islamist terror group, if Cantlie has already been murdered by his captors.
US Agencies Review Policy on Hostages
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, recently publicized the beheading of Peter Kassig, 26, an aid worker and former soldier, the third American captive the group has killed. It is believed to be holding one more American. It has also posted.
US Journalist James Foley Before Beheading: Report
This still is from a video posted Aug. 19, 2014, purporting to show. A senior U.S. official declined to confirm to CNN if the waterboarding claims are true, saying that such details would not be discussed out of sensitivity to the families of those still being held. ���As we have said, hostages held by ISIL are at risk every day they are in ISILs custody, given what we know about the nature of this brutal group,��� the official said, using an alternate acronym for ISIS. A 2005 Justice��.
(GRAPHIC VIDEO) Islamic State Claims Beheading of.
11/16/2014 In a video released by the Islamic State on Sunday, the group says they have beheaded U.S. hostage Peter Kassig and warned the United States they would kill other U.S. citizens on your streets.. According to reports, Jihadi John is believed to have been wounded in an air attack during a meeting of IS leaders in an Iraqi town close to the Syrian border earlier this month. The format of this video. Our political leaders in the U.S. must act now. Send in��.
ISIS Demands $200 Million or Will Behead 2 Japanese Hostages
AMAMI, Japan -- A video posted online Tuesday showing a masked militant threatening to kill two kneeling Japanese men has confronted Japan with the same sort of hostage nightmare already faced by the United States and other nations. Prime Minister.
Obama calls hostages beheading by ISIS pure evil
(CNN) ��� American aid worker and former soldier Peter Kassig was beheaded by ISIS terrorists, the White House confirmed Sunday, hours after a video claiming to show the victim surfaced online. ISIS held Kassig as a hostage and in previous .
ISIS Leader Wounded In Airstrike, Report Iraqi Officials
The U.S. Central Command said Friday it conducted two airstrikes near Qaim that destroyed a militant armored vehicle and two checkpoints of the militant group, which is also known by the acronyms ISIL and ISIS. On Nov. 1, the U.S. military conducted.
Reports: ISIL video claims 1 of 2 Japanese hostages beheaded
The Islamic State reportedly released a new video Saturday claiming one of the two Japanese captives had been beheaded and issuing new demands for the other hostages release.. The United States is fully supportive of Japan in this matter, he said.
US backed talks between jihadi clerics and Isis in effort to save
US counter-terrorism officials backed a high-stakes negotiation involving two of the worlds most prominent jihadi clerics as well as former Guant��namo detainees in an attempt to save the life of an American hostage held by Islamic State, the Guardian can reveal... Additional reporting by Ed Pilkington, Ian Black and George Arnett.. Steven Sotloff: Isis video claims to show beheading of US journalist... Germanys Pegida leader steps down over Adolf Hitler photo. 2��.
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The video released today, entitled ���A Message with Blood to the French Government���, employs a similar style to those used in previous videos by IS showing the beheadings of three/Western/hostages. It begins with a clip of Hollande at a. The Frenchman briefly expresses his love for his family before one of the jihadists reads a speech in which he denounces the actions of the ���French criminal crusaders��� against Muslims in Algeria, Mali and Iraq. The jihadist says the��.
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(CNN) ��� American aid worker and former soldier Peter Kassig was beheaded by ISIS terrorists, the White House confirmed Sunday, hours after a video claiming to show the victim surfaced online. ISIS held Kassig as a��.
Japan weighs ransom in Islamic State threat to kill 2 hostages
The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages Tuesday unless they receive $200 million in 72 hours, directly demanding the ransom from Japans premier during his visit to the Middle East.. In a statement, she said the U.S. ���strongly condemns ISILs threat to murder Japanese citizens,��� and called for the immediate release of all hostages.. the video. Goto is a respected Japanese freelance journalist who went to report on Syrias civil war last year.
Facebook page of parents of former Army Ranger.
���The family respectfully asks that the news media avoid playing into the hostage takers hands and refrain from publishing or broadcasting photographs or video distributed by the hostage takers. We prefer our son. Peter Kassigs parents held a press conference today, one day after ISIS released video of their beheaded son... the firing squad should be activated and readily used to the traitors who defected to the ISIS/ISIL from this beloved Country, the USA. I hope��.
Sydney on tenterhooks as gunman holds hostages
Prince Andrew denies claims he had sex with undera.. CBS News partner Ten Eyewitness News reports it spoke directly to two hostages inside the cafe, who confirmed two demands from the gunman: He wants an ISIS flag delivered to the cafe, and wants to.
Ali Soufan talks to Ali Velshi
When you look at whats happening now with ISIL putting out these videos of beheadings, what is that meant to do? Its meant to deliver a. And countering the narrative is not something only the United States or the West can do. This is where the.
Video claims ISIS militants have beheaded American.
(CNN) ��� Militants claim to have beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig in a video published to the Internet on Sunday, purportedly from terror group ISIS. The video shows the aftermath of a beheading, in which the victim��.
(GRAPHIC VIDEO) Islamic State Beheads British Aid Worker.
10/03/2014 The Islamic State released a video Friday showing the beheading of Alan Henning, a British aid worker kidnapped in Syria, in retaliation for UK strikes against the jihadist group in Iraq. Henning. The fact that he was taken hostage when trying to help others and now murdered demonstrates that there are no limits to the depravity of these ISIL terrorists. We will do all... #Yukawa #Goto 1 day ago; @MailOnline Provide a link to the full video or GTFO. It cant��.
ISIL victim Henning selfless and caring, widow says
The British aid worker who was captured and eventually killed by Islamic State militants in Syria was selfless and caring, his widow said at a memorial service in northern England Saturday. Alan Henning, a 47-year-old taxi driver, was kidnapped in.
ISIL releases new propaganda video of British hostage
. video featuring hostage and British journalist John Cantlie delivering a report in which he says the militant group has taken control of the contested Syrian city of Kobani. Cantlie, 43, was filmed standing in Kobani saying the insurgents are.