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Quick Facts About Elizabeth Smart: When Was She Kidnapped and How She Was Found

Netflix revisits Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping, rescue, and her inspiring journey from trauma to advocacy, highlighting her ongoing impact on child safety and survivor support.

International Business Times UK

Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart review – her frankness about her ordeal is truly inspiring

Taken from her bedroom at the age of 14 and sexually abused for nine months, Smart, now a child safety activist, rails powerfully against shame in this true-crime documentary

The Guardian - UK

19th-century plan for a slaving empire based in US deep south and Caribbean resonates with Trump’s foreign policy today

One year into his second term of office, Donald Trump’s foreign policy aspirations have led him to variously lay claim to Canada, the Panama Canal and, most contentiously at present, Greenland. He has kidnapped the head of state of Venezuela, saying that the US can run the country and exploit…

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At least 30 dead and multiple people abducted after gunmen raid village in Nigeria

Local residents said security forces had yet to arrive in the area, contradicting the police claim that they had deployed officers to search for those kidnapped

The Independent UK

Police reveal disturbing new details after missing 11-year-old and 15-year-old boys found in the back of Florida man’s truck

The 11-year-old was allegedly kidnapped by Darnell Hairston, a 60-year-old sex offender from Hastings

The Independent UK

Texas Dad Rescues Kidnapped 15 YO Daughter On Christmas, “Sickening” Details Spark Outrage

“As a parent all I can say is if it was my child or grandchild, this story would have had a very different ending.”

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Three inmates hijacked Lyft and kidnapped driver for 10 hours after escaping Georgia jail, FBI says

Female Lyft driver says she was held captive for up to 10 hours and faced threats of ‘being shot, raped, and tortured’

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Texas father rescues kidnapped 15-year-old daughter after tracking her phone’s location

Authorities say they arrested a man, 23, for kidnapping teen in a Houston suburb as she walked her dog on Christmas

The Guardian - US

‘I was followed at that same Walmart’: Texas woman pulls up to Walmart. Then she says she almost got kidnapped

A Texas woman went to her local Walmart for home decor and pasta, only to be followed throughout the store wherever she walked.

The Mary Sue

‘I thought I was being kidnapped’: U.S. citizen reveals what happened when an ICE agent tackled him on his lunch break, and the video is hard to watch

Detain first, ask later.

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West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby settlement, the 18-year-old Palestinian is alleged to have endured repeated beatings, humiliation and harassment.

The Conversation

Kidnapping for ransom in the Sahel: analysis of 24 years of data shows a new trend

Kidnapping for ransom has a long history in the west African Sahel. In 1979, a rebel group led by Chad’s future president Hissène Habré kidnapped a French archaeologist and a German medical doctor in the north of the country. The kidnappers asked for the release of political prisoners, among other…

The Conversation

In post-Assad Syria's chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence

A woman from Syria's Alawite minority has spoken about her harrowing experience of being kidnapped and raped by gunmen

The Independent UK

‘Hold Israel accountable,’ detained Irish citizens tell committee

‘If another country had kidnapped Irish citizens, what would we have done?’ the committee was asked.

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FBI warns of kidnapping scams as hackers turn to AI to provide 'proof of life'

AI-generated deepfake videos are being used as "proof" someone was kidnapped.

Radio France Internationale

France offers more support for Nigeria as 100 abducted schoolchildren released

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 schoolchildren who were kidnapped at gunpoint from a Catholic school last month, as France has pledged more support for the country.

Newslaundry

8 years of twists: The full timeline of the Kerala actor assault case

Eight years ago, a top female actor was kidnapped and sexually assaulted in a moving car in Kerala’s Kochi. A couple of months later, Dileep, a superstar in the Malayalam industry, was arrested, accused of masterminding the crime.

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria under pressure as gunmen kidnap more than 30 people across two states

Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped nearly three dozen people across three attacks over the weekend, security sources said Monday, as authorities face renewed scrutiny over mass abductions in recent weeks.

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Total Film

Stranger Things fans spot huge clue in season 5 that may finally anwser why Vecna kidnapped Will Byers in the first place

It looks like season 5 links back to The First Shadow in more ways than one

Radio France Internationale

Nigeria declares security emergency after wave of mass kidnappings

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency and ordered the army and police to recruit thousands of additional personnel after a wave of mass kidnappings.

Evening Standard

Muriel McKay’s family cannot scan London garden for her remains, judge rules

Ms McKay was kidnapped for ransom and murdered in 1969 but her body has never been discovered

Evening Standard

Muriel McKay ‘would like to come home’ as family bid to scan garden for remains

Ms McKay was kidnapped for ransom and murdered in 1969.

Evening Standard

Muriel McKay murder twist: Remains of woman kidnapped in 1969 are buried in east London garden, family believe

Muriel McKay's family now believe that her remains are in the shared back garden of two neighbouring properties on Bethnal Green Road, the High Court hears

Evening Standard

Remains of woman kidnapped in 1969 believed to be in London garden, court told

Muriel McKay was kidnapped for a £1 million ransom in 1969 and killed, but her body has never been discovered.

International Business Times UK

Miracle Escape: 50 Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolchildren Flee Gunmen; 265 Others Still Missing

Fifty kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren escape their captors, while 265 pupils and 12 teachers are still missing as a massive military search intensifies.

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