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Ex-Employees Who Kidnapped “Toxic” Tech CEO Reveal ‘Pushup’ Punishment That Sent Them Over The Edge

“I’m not saying I agree, but I do understand.”

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After brutal torture and 2.5 years of captivity, Israeli-Russian researcher is grateful to survive

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped and tortured by an Iraqi militia for more than two years

The Independent UK

Violence Against Mayors Continues in Mexico's Michoacán State: Seven Killed, One Kidnapped Since 2021

Since Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla took office in October 2021, seven mayors in Michoacán have been assassinated and one elected official remains missing since 2021.

Latin Times

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330 Koreans Kidnapped: How Cambodia Job Scams Killed Student Park Min-ho

On 8 August, Cambodian police discovered Park Min ho's body near Bokor Mountain in Kampot Province, showing signs of violent abuse.

International Business Times UK

Two people deny part in alleged kidnap and murder of man in 2019

Tomasz Samel suffered 75% burns after he was kidnapped from his home in Birmingham in March 2019.

Evening Standard

Critics fear Putin is ‘cynically using’ Melania Trump as she pleads with Russia to return kidnapped Ukrainian children

The first lady has been engaging in ‘back channel’ talks over Ukrainian children who’ve been kidnapped by Russian forces

The Independent UK

Fact-checking claims that no female hostages made it out of Gaza

Commentators on social media have purported that "not a single woman" survived captivity following the release of the last remaining hostages kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October 2023. These claims are misleading.

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These are the hostage bodies released by Hamas – and those yet to be returned

The bodies of 19 hostages remain in Gaza as families accuse Hamas of breaching a ceasefire agreement

The Independent UK

Hamas still hasn't returned these hostages' bodies from Gaza

They have claimed they don't know where all the remains are.

Axios

‘Kidnapped’ 17yo Caden Speight staged his abduction, researched Mexican cartels and how to ‘collect blood without pain’

His story fell apart, very quickly.

We Got This Covered

Cunio brothers return home two years after attack that shocked Israel

The story of a family that never lost faith: David and Ariel, who were kidnapped by Hamas in 2023, have been released after two years of captivity. Their 90-year-old grandmother received the news with tears and relief in her home at Nir Oz kibbutz.

Euronews

Overwhelming emotions for Israeli hostages finally reunited with their families after more than 730 days in captivity

The 20 living hostages were returned to Israel on Monday under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, as James C. Reynolds and Nicole Wootton-Cane report

The Independent UK

Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive?

Hamas is due to release the 48 hostages still being held in Gaza, most of them kidnapped during their 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. 20 of them are believed to be alive, with the fate of two more still unknown.

Euronews

South Korea summons Cambodian envoy after student kidnapped and tortured to death while on holiday

South Korea summoned Cambodian ambassador in rare move after death of 22-year-old sparks outrage

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Euronews

Israelis cheer Trump at Tel Aviv rally as they brace for the return of hostages

Israelis applauded US President Donald Trump, and some booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner addressed a weekly rally in Tel Aviv that many hoped would be the last.

The Independent UK

Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive?

The faces of the hostages being held in Gaza stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped

The Guardian - UK

Who are the final 20 living hostages to have been freed from Gaza?

Ceasefire deal ends more than 700 days of captivity for those taken during attacks of 7 October 2023

The Independent UK

Melania Trump reveals she has been talking to Putin through ‘back channels’ about kidnapped Ukrainian children, as 8 are reunited with families

The Slovenian-born First Lady sent the Russian president a letter in August regarding the fate of Ukrainian children held captive by Moscow

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Evening Standard

Woman is ‘kidnapped and bundled into tow truck’ by two men in east London

Man, 42, arrested by police who have been unable to identify young victim

International Business Times UK

What Happened to Stephanie Slater? Woman Kidnapped and Buried Alive – Where She Is Now and Updates On Abductor

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and buried alive by Michael Sams in 1992. Discover how she survived and what happened to her abductor.

The Independent UK

Netanyahu enrages families after using incorrect hostages figure as poll shows most Israelis want him to quit

Netanyahu incorrectly told an interviewer there were 46 hostages captured by Hamas, rather than 48

The Independent UK

Ex-Israeli hostage kidnapped with wife and children recalls Hamas torment

Tal Shoham was held for 505 days in Gaza under brutal conditions

Radio France Internationale

'It's time for this to end': Israeli mother's two-year quest to free her son

Nearly 50 people remain hostages of Hamas since being kidnapped in the group's attacks on Israel in October 2023. With an agreement to free the captives tantalisingly close, RFI spoke to the mother of one of the captives, Viki Cohen, about her nearly two-year crusade to bring her son home.

We Got This Covered

‘We let her out of our sight’: ICE tricks California newlywed couple following rules — they ‘kidnapped’ the wife, a filmmaker

They allegedly cooked up a fake story to isolate her.

International Business Times

Protesters Demand Answers 11 Years After Mexican Students Vanished

Eleven years after her son vanished, Delfina de la Cruz vented frustration at the unsolved disappearances of 43 Mexican students who were allegedly kidnapped by drug traffickers while authorities turned a blind eye.

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