The release of Princeton University graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen being held hostage in Iraq, is close to being finalized, according to Arabic media reports.

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 307 more prisoners Saturday as part of a massive swap of detainees - in a rare moment of cooperation between the two nations that came just hours after heavy air strikes killed at least 13 civilians in Ukraine.

John Woeltz is accused of keeping an Italian citizen captive for two weeks in his lush Manhattan apartment

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Police say the ship's watch officer admitted to being asleep during the incident in Norway.

Democratic senator has dismissed concerns about his wellbeing raised by a former senior staff member

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Joseph Kabila made the remarks in a 45-minute speech live on YouTube from an unspecified location.

A 39-year-old woman is understood to have acted alone with no "political motive", German police say.

Buses carrying 307 Ukrainian prisoners of war arrived at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Saturday, 24 May, where emotional reunions unfolded between the returning soldiers and their families.

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President praised his administration’s efforts to end DEI programs and crack down on immigration while addressing West Point’s Class of 2025

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Horrifying footage shared by the Hamas-run Palestinian Civil Defence shows the bodies of young children being pulled from the rubble

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Hazmat crews later worked to decontaminate the barge and assess methane levels.

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A city recently announced the discovery of a gilded Christian artifact dating back to the Early Middle Ages. 

As Arctic ice melts, global powers seize new opportunities to extract oil, speed up trade and boost their military presence.

A substation was set on fire and a pylon damaged, interrupting screenings and affecting 160,000 homes.

"There are discussions" over Cristiano Ronaldo playing at the Club World Cup despite his current club not qualifying, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

Hundreds made damning allegations of fraud, kidnapping and trafficking about an overseas adoption programme.

Experts believe that it will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the 'Golden Dome'.

Kentucky-based cryptocurrency investor, John Woeltz, is accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian businessman in a sadistic attempt to extort his Bitcoin password was ordered held without bail Saturday by a Manhattan judge.

The man says he was raped, held prisoner and targeted for being gay while in Mexico last year

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When residents in the state of Durango vote in Mexico's first judicial elections next weekend, Leopoldo Chavez will be on the ballot for federal judge - despite the nearly six years he served in a US prison.