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Houthis Escalate Oppression Against Tribes in Sanaa, Amran

Houthi militias have escalated their attacks against the tribesmen and their leaders near Sanaa and Amran governorates to seize their lands and real estate and undermine opponents. Local sources in Sanaa told Asharq Al-Awsat that only a few weeks after the militias’ raids, killings, sieges, assaults, and kidnappings in Saraf…

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U.N. nuclear watchdog concerned about detention of two Zaporizhzhia staff

The U.N. nuclear watchdog on Tuesday said its chief Rafael Grossi was deeply concerned by the detention of two Ukrainian staff from the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), which Ukraine says was a kidnapping by Russia.

Reuters

Mom who faked her own kidnapping and went to Disney World is now facing fraud charges

PHILADELPHIA — A former Bucks County woman who sparked national outrage 13 years ago by falsely claiming she had been kidnapped when she had actually gone to Walt Disney World, is back in trouble with the law.

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Chibok kidnappings: why it's important to listen to the survivors of Boko Haram terrorism

In 2009 a once quiet local Salafi group called Boko Haram became increasingly violent in north-east Nigeria and border communities of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Its quest to forbid western education in the heavily Islamic region has led to the kidnapping of many school children, the slaughter of an estimated…

The Conversation

Bono says he and his family received death and kidnapping threats during career

The U2 frontman was discussing his memoir as he recalled tensions with the IRA, mobs, and far-right Americans

The Independent UK

Faith groups curb Haiti work due to chaos, 2021 kidnapping

A year after 17 North American missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti, the agency that sent them hasn’t made a permanent return to the impoverished Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

California kidnapping, slaying suspect pleads not guilty

The California man accused of kidnapping and killing an 8-month-old baby, her parents and uncle earlier this month has pleaded not guilty

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Merced man charged with 4 counts of murder in family kidnapping

LOS ANGELES — The Merced man accused of kidnapping and killing a family was charged Monday with four counts of first-degree murder for each life lost, prosecutors announced.

Los Angeles Times

California man charged in family's kidnapping, slaying

Prosecutors have charged a California man in the kidnapping and killings of an 8-month-old baby, her parents and uncle

The Independent UK

Dog kidnapping hotspots in UK revealed - and what you can do to prevent pet theft

Pet Business Insurer Cliverton found that the highest number of dognapping cases took place in London, with 422 incidents reported to the Metropolitan Police in 2021, and 318 in 2020

Daily Mirror

US jury convicts man in deadly Alabama kidnapping of child

An Alabama man has been convicted on two federal charges in the 2019 kidnapping that led to the death of a 3-year-old girl who disappeared from a birthday party

The Independent UK

Merced family recalls 2005 armed robbery by suspect in kidnappings, slayings

MERCED, Calif. — When Kathy and her daughter Katrina first saw surveillance images of the man accused of kidnapping and killing four members of a Merced family, they did not immediately recognize him.

Los Angeles Times

Brother of suspect in California family's killing arrested

Authorities have arrested the brother of a man suspected in the kidnapping and killing of a central California family on suspicion that he helped him destroy evidence

The Independent UK

Brother of man suspected in killing of Merced family is arrested

LOS ANGELES — The brother of a man suspected of kidnapping and killing four members of a Merced family, including an 8-month-old girl, has been arrested and charged as an accessory, authorities announced Friday.

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Brother of disgruntled ex-employee accused of kidnapping and murdering family-of-four charged as accessory

Investigators previously said they believed at least one more perpetrator helped Jesus Salgado kidnap and murder the family-of-four

France 24

Japan's missing children: The lingering trauma of North Korean abductions

In the 1970s and 1980s, North Korea organised a kidnapping campaign in "enemy" countries. As one of its closest neighbours, Japan became a prime target. The programme, decided at the highest level of the Communist state, was likely intended to train North Korean spies in foreign languages and customs. FRANCE…

Reuters

Suspect arrested for murder, kidnapping of California family

A suspect has been arrested on murder and kidnapping charges after four members of a California family, including an 8-month-old girl, were found dead in a rural area two days after their abduction, authorities said.

The Guardian - UK

A Friend of the Family review – the most jawdroppingly incredible true-crime story there is

The grooming of the Broberg family – complete with alien tapes and a girl’s double kidnapping – has been told before. But this new drama digs into how it happened, then happened again

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The Independent UK

Jesus Manuel Salgado: What we know about the man charged with kidnap and murder of California family

Jesus Manuel Salgado, 48, was charged with four counts of murder and four counts of kidnapping in connection with the deaths and disappearances of a family in Merced County

The Independent UK

Everything we know about family of four, including eight-month-old baby, kidnapped and killed in California

Authorities have not established whether the suspect, 48-year-old Jesus Salgado, knew the victims

The Independent UK

Jesus Manuel Salgado: What we know about person of interest in kidnap and killing of California family

Jesus Manuel Salgado has been taken into custody,

WEKU

A kidnapped baby, parents and uncle are found dead in California

A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business, police said.

The Independent UK

‘Our worst fears': Kidnapped baby, parents, uncle found dead

Police say a baby girl, her parents and uncle have been found dead in a central California orchard two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business

The Independent UK

New video shows kidnapping of missing family of four as person of interest arrested

‘We are devastated, we are shocked, we are dying every moment,’ a relative of the kidnapped family of four told a press conference

Los Angeles Times

Surveillance footage shows abduction of still-missing Central California family

LOS ANGELES — Surveillance footage released by the Merced County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday showed the armed kidnapping of a family of four — who are still missing two days after their abduction.

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