The notorious terrorist and member of the ISIS cell dubbed “The Beatles,” who was serving a life sentence for the kidnap, torture and murder of western journalists and aid workers in Syria, has disappeared from the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Fox
Civil activist and journalist Sepideh Qolian has written a letter from within a prison where she has detailed what life is like behind bars in Iran, having been held prisoner herself for four years. The 28-year-old described how confessions are forced out
Iran has sentenced a Belgian aid worker to a lengthy prison term and 74 lashes after convicting him of espionage charges in a closed-door trial, state media reported Tuesday. The website of Iran’s judiciary said a Revolutionary Court sentenced 41-year-old Olivier Vandecasteele
A huge police manhunt operation is underway for a murderer who has gone on the run from an open prison. Paul Gerrard, formerly of Lodge Road, Manchester, was sentenced to life in prison aged 27 in July 2009 following the death of David Argent,
A Mexican cartel leader was killed in a shootout with police early Thursday, days after a violent escape from prison, according to reports. Intelligence forces tracked down Ernesto Alfredo Pinon de la Cruz – known as “El Neto” – in the border
At least seven people have reportedly been killed in a shootout in Mexico, as authorities are trying to track down dozens of escaped inmates following a violent and deadly uprising at a prison near the Texas border. Mexican officials say 17 have been
A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. A regional court in the southwestern town of Weinheim confirmed Tuesday
A man suspected to have led an operation to steal a Banksy mural in a city outside of Kyiv now faces up to 12 years in prison if found guilty, Ukrainian officials say. In a statement, Ukraine’s interior ministry said the individual
A Mexican prison in the northern city of Juarez, close to the border with the US, has been attacked by armed assailants, leaving at least 14 dead. Authorities confirmed another two people died during another assault later elsewhere in the city. Members
Gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison just across the border from El Paso early Sunday, killing 10 guards and four inmates, prosecutors said. Various armed vehicles arrived at the state prison in Ciudad Juarez at about 7 a.m. and opened