Staff / TruthdigMay 22, 2014
The United States deployed 80 military personnel to Chad on Wednesday to help find 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, as Nigeria probed its deadliest attack ever, two car bombings in the city of Jos, with the militant group the main suspect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2014
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday canceled a visit to the hometown of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic militants, provoking fresh criticism of his handling of the crisis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 13, 2014
The commander of U.S. forces in Africa held talks Tuesday in Nigeria as Washington sought to help the government in Abuja trace more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 7, 2014
Nigerian parents on Tuesday said their worst fears about their daughters' fates had been confirmed after Boko Haram, which kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, threatened to sell the hostages as "slaves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 12, 2013
The Syrian civil war has given rise to a wave of kidnappings and ransoms as desperate members of the opposition movement struggle to support themselves and their cause, Patrick Cockburn writes at The Independent. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 9, 2013
In a chilling letter allegedly written by Ariel Castro, the Cleveland kidnapping suspect admits to his crimes but blames his three female victims for getting into the car with him in the first place. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 8, 2013
The three women who were kidnapped and held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade were raped, beaten mercilessly while pregnant, kept in ropes and chains and forced to crawl around on their hands and knees naked in the backyard by their captors, according to reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 22, 2013
The president maintains a "global system of kidnapping, torture, rape and murder" to demoralize and coerce those who would oppose the American-led neoliberal empire, political economist Rob Urie writes in CounterPunch. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2011
Redistricting should be a way of ensuring your vote counts. But instead of voters choosing politicians, the practice often works the other way around. The right lines can all but guarantee an incumbent a decade's worth of electoral success, or help send others into retirement.The right lines can all but guarantee an incumbent a decade's worth of electoral success, or help send others into retirement. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 2, 2010
In the face of news that at least 20 tourists had just been kidnapped in Acapulco, the Mexican government has announced the preparation of a plan to alter the nation's police structure that would essentially federalize the country's 2,200 local police departments under a unified command. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 13, 2010
Well, this is awkward: After months of conflicting reports as to his whereabouts, missing Iranian scientist Shahram Amiri has apparently turned up in the Iranian section of Pakistan's embassy in Washington, D.C. But was he kidnapped? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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