Tag: Kidnapping and Hostages
Girl, 12, Escapes Captivity, Leading Alabama Authorities to Find 2 Bodies
A 12-year-old girl who had been held captive in a home in rural Alabama was found walking along…
NBA Campaign to Free Brittney Griner Is Mostly Low Key
The N.B.A. is a $10 billion corporation that has the power and reach to promote not just its…
Griner Case Draws Attention to ‘Wrongful Detentions’
WASHINGTON — Brittney Griner. Austin Tice. The Citgo 6. And now, potentially, three American military veterans who were…
After Israel’s Spies Hit Iran Hard, an Intelligence Official Loses His Job
For more than a decade, he was a feared presence in Iran, presiding over a vast intelligence apparatus.…
Israel Tells U.S. It Killed Iranian Officer, Official Says
At the funeral in Tehran for a colonel in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, thousands of mourners packed the…
Haitian Gang Leader Is Charged With Abducting American Missionaries
WASHINGTON — A leader of a notorious street gang responsible for abducting 17 people tied to an American-based…
British Terrorist Receives Life Sentence for Role in Americans’ Deaths
Mr. Kotey declined to comment, instead referring to a lengthy letter he had filed with the court. The…
British Militant Convicted for Role in Deaths of Americans
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal jury on Thursday convicted a British militant accused of being a member of…
How a Chechen Abduction Exposes Putin’s Problems at Home
MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is flexing his military and diplomatic muscle in a tense…
Man Charged in Kidnapping of Bloomberg’s Housekeeper From Colorado Ranch
An armed man broke into the Colorado ranch of the former Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg and…