ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A girl who was seized from her school along with hundreds others during a raid by extremists ten years ago in northeastern Nigeria has been rescued together with her three children, the Nigerian army said Thursday. Lydia Simon, who is five months pregnant, was rescued by Nigerian troops in the Gwoza […]
The tragicomic tale of a down-on-his-luck Texan who reinvented himself as a renegade war hero in a fake Russian republic took an unexpected turn this week when he was allegedly abducted by Russian troops—after apparently being accused of being a CIA spy. Russell Bentley, also known as “Texas,” is perhaps the last person one would […]
Pakistani police are searching for gunmen who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus on a road in the south west, after earlier killing two more people and wounding six in a car. The abduction took place on Friday in Baluchistan province, which has long been the scene of an insurgency by separatists […]
MERCED, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a 19-year-old who has been allegedly abducted in Merced, the California Highway Patrol said. Officers with the Merced Police Department are requesting the public’s help in locating 19-year-old Brianna Manriquez. They say Brianna was last seen in the 400 block of Lesher Drive on […]
KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after more than two weeks in captivity arrived Monday in their home state in northwestern Nigeria ahead of their anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation. Six of the 137 students remain in […]
More than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren rescued after two weeks in captivity have arrived home ahead of anticipated reunions with families, following the latest in a series of mass school abductions in the West African nation. Six of the 137 students remain in hospital, and one staff member who was abducted along with the children died […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. Kaduna Gov. Uba Sani did not give details of the release of the 287 students abducted on Mar. 7 […]
An Amber Alert has been issued for 15-year-old Kaylee Cope who police in Ohio believe may have been abducted by her 17-year-old boyfriend. Cope’s boyfriend, Jeffery Gimenez, allegedly posted a video of himself holding a hand gun just hours before, saying that he “has a bullet” for Cope. MORE: Squatters in custody after woman found […]
A Pennsylvania girl is safe after police say she was abducted at gunpoint. On March 20, police in Adams County were called for reports of a child abduction, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania State Police. Authorities learned James Lee Kopp Jr., 53, abducted a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint from her home and […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader has ruled out the payment of ransoms for nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in the conflict-hit north a week ago, raising questions from analysts on Thursday about how best to rescue the children without hurting them. Meanwhile, at least two people with extensive knowledge of the security […]
A German-Israeli man who was kidnapped in the Gaza Strip has been declared dead. “It is devastating to learn that our fellow German Itay Chen, whom we had hoped to be still alive, is dead after all,” the German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, wrote on the X platform, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday. “Killed by […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico was abducted by armed men and has not been seen since, prosecutors said Tuesday. The fate of radio and television anchor Jaime Barrera gained national attention in part because his daughter, Itzul Barrera, sits on the leadership council of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ‘s […]