Gambia’s former president ordered people he accused of “witchcraft” to be kidnapped and tortured. The victims now plan to tell a truth commission what happened.
Tag: Kidnapping and Hostages
Deal With Taliban Will Free American and Australian Professors, Officials Say
The expected exchange, including senior members of the Haqqani network of the Taliban, is likely to be a step toward new peace talks.
A Daring Helicopter Rescue After Rebels Capture a Ferry in Myanmar
The scale of the abduction suggests that the rebel group, the Arakan Army, is using increasingly brazen tactics to demand an independent state.
Rebels Dressed as Soccer Players Abduct Bus Passengers in Myanmar
Gunmen stopped the vehicle on a highway outside the town of Mrauk U and seized 31 people, most of them firefighters, the authorities said.
U.S. Moves to Take ‘High Value’ ISIS Detainees, Including Britons Who Abused Hostages
The military is taking several dozen men out of Kurdish-run wartime prisons in Syria as Turkey invades the region.
British Man and His Wife Are Abducted in Philippines, Police Say
The police said gunmen took a British man and his Filipino wife from a resort in the southern Philippines, where Islamic militants have been known to kidnap foreigners.
Suspect Arrested in 1985 Hijacking That Killed American Sailor
The hijacking of TWA Flight 847 became a multiday ordeal in which a Seabee from Maryland was killed and dozens of Americans were held hostage.
After Fleeing North Korea, Women Get Trapped as Cybersex Slaves in China
A growing number of North Korean women are smuggled from their country and trafficked into the sex trade in China, and forced to perform sex acts online for clients.
Benin Awakens to the Threat of Terrorism After Safari Ends in a Nightmare
A safari guide knew every watering hole in Pendjari National Park in Benin. He did not know that terrorists across the border could reach him in his country.
Yeshiva Student Found Stabbed to Death in West Bank
The killing set off a hunt for the assailant by the Israeli Army, which was treating his death as a terrorist attack. Investigators were pursuing the possibility of a botched abduction.