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Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of negotiations on the matter, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that some Americans trapped inside Gaza have left and more would be allowed to exit in the coming days — a possible light at the end of the tunnel for the hundreds of U.S. citizens that […]
Courtesy Raanan Family (WASHINGTON) — The long nightmare in captivity for two of the hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly surprise attack on Israel has ended, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed to ABC News that two American women were released by Hamas and are back in Israel. The women were identified […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — In his first television interview, an American missionary is revealing for the first time the full story of his capture by al-Qaeda-linked terrorists in Niger and how he managed to persevere through a harrowing 6 1/2 years as their prisoner. Jeff Woodke, a former worker for the United States Agency […]
darrenirwin/Getty Images (LONDON) — American XL Bully dogs could be banned in the U.K. by the end of the year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday. There have been a string of attacks involving the canine breed, including a fatal one in Staffordshire, England. In a statement, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said a […]
Piccell/Getty Images (LONDON) — American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was “pretty close to fading” after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern Turkey. “There’s not that much that you tell yourself. You kind of just survive,” Dickey recalled during an interview Thursday with […]
Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface, according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group he leads. “It is amazing to […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Bill Richardson was known for many things, the former governor of New Mexico, ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary under the Clinton administration, but one of his most significant professional achievements was working to free wrongfully detained American citizens abroad. Richardson died at 75 at his summer […]
Courtesy Carol Barnes (NEW YORK) — David Barnes, an American who has been incarcerated in Russia since the beginning of 2022, will have to wait another three weeks before he returns to a Moscow courtroom. Barnes is facing a bench trial, accused by Russian prosecutors of abusing his two sons in Texas, even though law […]
KeithBinns/Getty Images (PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti) — American woman Alix Dorsainvil and her young child have been freed and are safe after being kidnapped in Haiti roughly two weeks ago, according to a statement from El Roi Haiti, the nonprofit where she worked. “It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we […]
Petter Sandell/Getty Images (HAITI) — While the whereabouts of an American nurse and her young child reportedly kidnapped in Haiti late last week are still a mystery, the alarming surge of abductions taking place in the country demonstrates a clear and growing danger for both foreign travelers and Haitian citizens. The efforts to locate Alix […]
