French police arrest hostage-taker who made demands from Israel The 34-year-old man had taken hostages at a bank in Paris in 2013, French media reported.
U.S. accidentally killed Jewish hostage in al-Qaida raid, White House says Warren Weinstein, a government contractor who had been held hostage by al-Qaida since 2011, and an Italian hostage were killed in a counterterrorism operation.
White House again pleads for Levinson’s release from Iran The Obama administration reiterated a plea to Iran’s government to find and free a Jewish man believed to be held hostage for six years.