ISIS sets deadline for hostage swap at sunset

People walk past television screens displaying a news program, about an ISIS video showing Japanese captive Kenji Goto. (Reuters)

An audio message purportedly from a Japanese journalist being held by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants said a Jordanian air force pilot also held by the group would be killed unless an Iraqi female prisoner in Jordan was released by sunset on Thursday.

The message appeared to postpone a previous deadline set on Tuesday in which the journalist, Kenji Goto, said he would be killed within 24 hours if the Iraqi was not freed.
 
 
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Source News: Alarabiya