Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old when they attacked their friend Payton Leutner in order to please a fictional character. Andrea Cavallier …
When Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October it took 220 people captive, leaving family and friends clinging agonisingly to the hope others will be released …
Pakistan’s prime minister has paid tribute to the commandos and volunteers who rescued six children and two adults from the broken cable car where they …
David Hunter, 76, given two-year sentence for manslaughter but had spent 19 months in custody after suffocating ill wife A British retired miner David Hunter …
Carla Foster, who was handed 28-month sentence, wins appeal court hearing in London to reduce term A woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to …
Ukrainian president brings home commanders from Turkey; US president to begin three-country tour dominated by Nato and US decision to permit cluster munitions At a …
A federal judge who freed boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter and famously said tobacco companies engaged in a “vast” conspiracy to conceal the dangers of smoking …
Basketball star released as US agrees to free convicted arms dealer in dramatic prisoner swap The US basketball star Brittney Griner has been freed from …
Blair officials saw intelligence files showing ‘no evidence’ against UK detainees, according to a new book Tony Blair’s government was given special access to US …
Foreign Office confirms British-Iranian man is at home in Tehran and officials are working to free him permanently Morad Tahbaz, the British-Iranian man held in …
Family of retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, ‘over the moon’ after court quashes 15-year jail sentence A retired British geologist is to be released from …
Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the terrorist group Japanese Red Army, has been released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence, and apologized for hurting innocent …
UK officials did not force jailed dual-national to sign ‘confession’ but advised it was standard practice, MP says British officials did not require Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe …
Release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori mixed serpentine statecraft, brutal realpolitik and occasional stubborn idealism ‘A long time coming’: Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori’s families joyful at release …
The wife of Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi says he has been released after a decade in prison for criticizing the country’s conservative religious establishment
Kim Meylemans wrongly taken to a second Covid facilityIOC steps in and Belgian now feels ‘safe’ in Olympic village Belgian skeleton racer Kim Meylemans has …
Police and MI5 are making “a serious investment in terrorist lifetime offender management” due to the long-term threat posed by freed terror offenders, the country’s …
Footballer accused of eight sex offences against five women, including seven counts of rape, bailed until 24 January The Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy, who …
The few Palestinian prisoners who have succeeded in using prolonged hunger strikes to secure their release from Israeli detention get a hero’s welcome when they …
Man convicted of murdering British student asks for sentence, due to end in January, to be reduced Rudy Guede, the only person definitively convicted of …
Syrian questioned by police after reports he has ties to banned Kurdish People’s Protection Units Celebrated Syrian singer Omar Souleyman, who has performed at festivals …