Aid Agency Demands Islamic State Release British Hostage

The aid agency that employs a British worker being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) jihadists has condemned their threats to kill him and called on Friday for his immediate release. David Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth in Scotland, was kidnapped last year while working for the French agency ACTED. On Tuesday, he was shown kneeling in the sand wearing an orange jumpsuit on an IS video of the beheading of U.S. hostage Steven Sotloff, with the warning from a jihadi...

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