Australian police confirmed a total of 17 people were held hostage. — -- A gunman who burst into a Sydney chocolate shop and took hostages has been killed, along with two of the hostages, ...

The shocking hostage crisis in Sydney over the past day could inflame an already contentious debate over Australia’s immigration policy. The suspected hostage-taker, 50-year-old Man Haron Monis, ...

A standoff with a gunman who held customers and employees of a cafe hostage for more than 16 hours finally ended earlier today. Two hostages and the gunman, a self-described Muslim cleric named Man ...