haruna yukawa

Freelance journalist Kenji Goto was seized in late October in Syria while trying to rescue another hostage, Haruna Yukawa.

The UN Security Council demanded the immediate release of all hostages held by the Islamic State group, as Jordan vowed to do everything it can to save the life of a pilot captured by the militants.

The UN Security Council condemned Sunday the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a Japanese journalist, after Islamic State militants claimed his beheading.

Across Japan, people reacted with horror to Kenji Goto's death, which has brought the distant conflict in the Middle East to the country.

Here are brief profiles of the two men who were held hostage by the Islamic State group.

Islamic State militants say they will execute a Jordanian pilot "immediately" if Amman does not hand over a female suicide bomber by sunset Thursday.

Tokyo masih gagal mencapai perkembangan baru dalam usaha untuk membebaskan wartawan yang ditahan kumpulan militan negara Islam (IS).

The United Nations Security Council condemned the murder of a Japanese hostage by the IS group and called for the immediate release of a second fellow national held captive.

Video yang menunjukkan pembunuhan seorang tebusan Jepun oleh kumpulan militan IS adalah berkemungkinan sahih, kata Shinzo Abe.

US President Barack Obama strongly condemned the killing of one of two Japanese hostages by the Islamic State group, announced in a video that has not yet been officially authenticated.

Japan on Saturday vowed to "never give up" its struggle to save two Japanese hostages held captive by Islamic State militants.