Unknown gunmen in military uniforms have attacked the city council building in Iraq’s Samarra, occupying the headquarters and holding several people hostage.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned the deadly hostage-taking incident by a group of fighters in a natural gas facility in eastern Algeria.
Twelve bodies being held at a morgue in Algeria's In Amenas hospital, where victims of a bloody hostage crisis were taken, are Japanese, a hospital source said on Sunday.