While a woman was held hostage in a Bridgewater apartment behind a barricaded door nearly two years, a special team of emergency responders devised a plan to breach the door using an explosive charge ...

In aggressive operations across Kebbi and Zamfara states, Nigerian troops rescued 62 hostages and killed two militants amid ...

Military tactics and clandestine hostage-rescue methods were far from the minds of regular folks in Midland City on Wednesday, Ethan's sixth birthday, as they tried desperately to return to normal ...

Discover the high-stakes world of the U.S. federal government’s most elite tactical units. From the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team ...

Tactical firearms instructor Frank Barile is retired Baltimore County SWAT officer who was on the Palczynski operation (WBAL Photo by Scott Wykoff) With some groups and organizations looking for ...

Britain's "Special Air Service" (SAS) is one of the world's most dangerous and mysterious forces. It is known for its unique tactics in counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, and intelligence operations.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Indecision can be fatal in hostage rescue operations. SWAT teams are the final hope in the most dire of situations — and for Inspector ...

Metropolitan Police Department SWAT officers and search and rescue tactical medics rescued a woman who was reportedly held hostage by an attempted murder suspect in the east Las Vegas Valley, police ...

A recent official media program unveiled some of the equipment and tactics used by a special forces unit of the Chinese ...

Within hours after an armed, angry man shot a school bus driver and kidnapped a 5-year-old boy, workers contracted by the FBI were feverishly unloading boxes packed with percussive grenades, military ...