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Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB AND OSCAR LOPEZ - Publish Date: November 22, 2021 at 04:38AM After being held hostage for 37 days by a gang, two people with a U.S. Christian aid group have been released in Port-au-Prince and are described as “safe.”

Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB AND CONSTANT MÉHEUT - Publish Date: October 23, 2021 at 12:23AM A French priest in Haiti recalls his kidnapping by 400 Mawozo, the same gang holding 16 Americans and a Canadian, including children, for ransom.

Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB - Publish Date: October 18, 2021 at 11:50PM The desperation of Haitians in the face of powerful gangs fueled the calls for a broad strike. The kidnapping of missionaries on Saturday added to the tense atmosphere.

Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB - Publish Date: October 17, 2021 at 09:05AM Up to 17 missionaries and their family members were taken by gangs in the capital of a country where kidnappings have become increasingly common.

Author: BY CLAY RISEN - Publish Date: July 30, 2021 at 11:50PM A reluctant celebrity, she was thrust into the spotlight after his brutal death, and created a foundation in his memory to promote cultural understanding.

Author: BY VIVIAN WANG AND JOY DONG - Publish Date: July 15, 2021 at 12:20AM La búsqueda de Guo Gangtang, el padre que recorrió el país en motocicleta, inspiró una película. Ahora, hay un final digno de Hollywood.

Author: BY RUTH MACLEAN AND ISMAIL ALFA - Publish Date: May 21, 2021 at 04:00PM Abubakar Shekau, the longtime leader of Boko Haram, was reported to have blown himself up on Wednesday night. But he has been falsely reported dead several times before.

Author: BY CHRISTINA MORALES - Publish Date: March 28, 2021 at 08:32AM A correction officer who had been taken hostage was rescued, officials said. The officer was injured and taken to a hospital.

Author: BY AZAM AHMED - Publish Date: December 13, 2020 at 03:00PM Armed with a handgun, a fake ID card and disguises, Miriam Rodríguez was a one-woman detective squad, defying a system where criminal impunity often prevails.

Author: BY MARIE FAZIO - Publish Date: November 15, 2020 at 09:04AM Quawan Charles was found dead in a field in rural Louisiana days after he had vanished. Now his family is asking whether his death could have been prevented with a faster response.

Author: BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Publish Date: August 17, 2020 at 08:19AM The Shabab, the extremist group affiliated with Al Qaeda, claimed responsibility. It has carried many similar, deadly attacks in Somalia and neighboring Kenya.

Author: BY LIAM STACK - Publish Date: December 14, 2019 at 08:35AM Prosecutors accused Jesus Manuel Menocal Jr., a police sergeant in Hialeah, of sexually abusing two females, one a minor, in 2015.

Author: BY JASON GUTIERREZ - Publish Date: October 5, 2019 at 11:09AM The police said gunmen took a British man and his Filipino wife from a resort in the southern Philippines, where Islamic militants have been known to kidnap foreigners.

Author: BY YASMINE EL RASHIDI - Publish Date: October 3, 2019 at 12:00PM In a major crackdown, Alaa Abd El Fattah and hundreds of other activists or protesters have been arrested.

Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: September 13, 2019 at 07:18AM Blane and Susan Barksdale escaped on Aug. 26 after overpowering two private security guards who were transporting them back to Tucson, Ariz., the authorities said.

Author: SOMINI SENGUPTA - Publish Date: July 9, 2019 at 07:00AM “Beneath the Tamarind Tree,” by Isha Sesay, weaves an account of the Nigerian girls’ kidnapping with the story of her own mother, another African girl determined to get an education.

Author: ROD NORDLAND and FAHIM ABED - Publish Date: May 12, 2019 at 07:00AM In a case that roiled Afghanistan, a father begged for his 6-year-old daughter’s life but had hardly any money for her ransom.

Author: ELIAN PELTIER - Publish Date: May 10, 2019 at 07:00AM Two French citizens, an American and a South Korean were freed, in a region wracked by armed conflict and terrorism.

Author: CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY - Publish Date: April 15, 2019 at 07:00AM New Zealand’s view about releasing details of the captivity of Louisa Akavi is that it “increased the risks to her life.”

Author: RUKMINI CALLIMACHI and ADAM GOLDMAN - Publish Date: April 14, 2019 at 07:00AM The abduction of Louisa Akavi, a nurse from New Zealand, was kept secret for years. Now the aid group is breaking its silence in hopes of saving her.