Hamdan Ballal, one of the two Palestinian filmmakers who co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” is free. He was released Tuesday from Israeli custody, less than a day after Israeli military and police detained him and three other people following a brutal attack Monday by settlers in the occupied West Bank. Ballal was released
An American Pie actress who was detained for nearly two weeks by U.S. immigration officials has finally returned home after ‘escaping a deeply disturbing psychological experiment.’ Jasmine Mooney, 35, was hurled into jail on March 3 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials after she was deemed an illegal alien and ordered into custody. She was denied
The Hamas terrorist group said Saturday that it will only release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander if Israel implements the existing ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Alexander, 21, is the last living American hostage in captivity in the Gaza Strip. A senior Hamas official told the Associated Press that long-delayed talks over the ceasefire’s second phase would need to
Last Updated:March 13, 2025, 10:04 IST Hostages on the hijacked Jaffar Express train were freed. The hostage situation resulted in the killing of 28 military personnel who were onboard the train, and 33 militants involved in the act. Ambulances seen carrying rescued/freed hostages after a train in Pakistan was hijacked (Photo: AP) The hostage situation
Last Updated:March 12, 2025, 23:37 IST Speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media, security officials said more than 300 hostages were rescued, and the operation continued. They gave no details about the hostages killed A paramilitary soldier stands guard at a railway station in the Sibi district
Pakistan’s army says it has freed more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by militants in Balochistan province on Tuesday. The military spokesperson said 33 militants were killed during the operation. Twenty-one civilian hostages and four military personnel were killed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) before the operation began, the military spokesperson
Armed militants who ambushed a train carrying hundreds of people in Pakistan have now killed at least 50 of their hostages, Pakistani authorities have said. Pakistan militants claimed on Wednesday they had killed 21 hostages after hijacking the train that was carrying more than 400 passengers, as per Reuters. Reports emerging from the region have suggested that
Last Updated:March 12, 2025, 11:52 IST Pakistan Train Hijack: One survivor, Muhammad Bilal, struggled to articulate the terror of the escape, saying it was beyond words. Pakistan Train Hijack: Another freed hostage, Allahditta, recounted the chaos as rebels stormed the train after the explosion. Pakistan Train Hijack: Freed hostages described a harrowing escape from a
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was freed from prison on Saturday after a court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being physically detained. This comes after Yoon was arrested and indicted by prosecutors in January over his martial law decree on Dec. 3 — leading to political
A South Korean court on Friday ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, a move that could allow Yoon to stand trial for his rebellion charge without being physically detained. Yoon was arrested and indicted in January over the Dec. 3 martial law decree that plunged the country into political turmoil.