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Venezuela says it has freed more than 400 people from prison as part of an ongoing release process, though local rights groups dispute the figure and say only 60 to 70 detainees have been released in recent days. National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez announced the releases without providing a timeline. The pledge follows public statements last week by Rodríguez and U.S. President Donald Trump that large numbers of detainees would be freed as a peace gesture after what officials in both countries described as the U.S.…

Students Escape from Kidnapping in Niger State Amid Ongoing Rescue Operations In a harrowing incident that has sparked national outrage, fifty out of more than 300 students and 12 teachers kidnapped from a Catholic school in Niger State have successfully escaped and have been reunited with their families. The escape comes amidst an intensifying military-led search and rescue operation aimed at locating the remaining victims, who are still held captive by their abductors. This kidnapping incident follows a troubling…

Twenty freed after two years: faces and small artifacts of a long national grief When word reached Tel Aviv that 20 living hostages had been released from Gaza under a ceasefire deal, the city's already taut air broke into song, sobs and the kind of relieved, stunned silence that follows long waits for a miracle. Families who had camped for months outside government offices embraced strangers. At a central square, a woman who had been at almost every protest sat down and laughed with disbelief. A radio blared an old pop…

German man long identified as the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case released from prison Christian Brueckner, the 49-year-old German man long named by British investigators as the prime suspect in the disappearance of three-year-old Madeleine McCann, has been released from a German prison after serving a seven-year sentence, German authorities confirmed on Thursday. Brueckner had been serving time for the 2005 rape of an elderly woman at her home in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz — the same Portuguese town where…

The summit at an extraordinary summit on the situation in Mali on Sunday suspended ECOWAS 'heads of state Mali from the sub-regional organization and demanded the appointment of a civilian prime minister and the formation of an inclusive government to continue the reforms. . while avoiding other sanctions. In Bamako, politicians note these decisions.…