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Charles O’Rear via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States will face an uphill battle in any efforts it takes to free detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich — who has been imprisoned in Russia for over a week — because of the seriousness of the espionage charges against him and the fact […]

Toussaint and Imbert Family (TAMARAC, Fla.) — An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and his wife, Abigail Toussaint, of Tamarac, Florida, were in Haiti to see ailing relatives and attend a community festival when they […]

FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday. Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six years in captivity, the White House said. “I’m gratified & relieved to see the release of U.S. hostage Jeff Woodke […]

@FreetheNamazis/Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Siamak Namazi, a U.S. citizen who has been detained in Iran since 2015, has ended his seven-day hunger strike, according to a Monday news release. Namazi, 51, began the hunger strike on Jan. 16 to mark the seventh anniversary of a prisoner swap with Iran that freed five other Americans while he […]

AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two U.S. citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal earlier this week, State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing Wednesday. “We are deeply saddened to hear of the tragic Yeti Airlines crash over the weekend, which killed 72 people, […]