ABDUCTION
Alleged Mass Abduction Could Undermine Nigeria's Campaign Against Boko Haram
Reports of Boko Haram fighters kidnapping hundreds of people from the northeastern town of Damasak fit into the insurgency's pattern of mass abductions and slaughters.
Talking to Self-Proclaimed UFO Witnesses and Abductees in Arizona
"My first experience was in 1952, when I was four years old. I sensed something was in my room. I sat up in my bed. There was this skinny creature with this bizarre bulbous head."
Roundtable on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Begins and Feds Actually Show Up
"There's been so much societal indifference and that is really painful for family members to endure," says organizer Audrey Huntley.
At Least 89 Boys Reportedly Abducted From School by Armed Group in South Sudan
UNICEF expressed concern that 89 boys reportedly kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a village in South Sudan could be used as child soldiers.
French 12-Year-Old Is The Latest Victim Of A Wave Of Kidnappings In Madagascar
The abduction underlines escalating security concerns for the island's Karana community amid allegations of police corruption.
The Missing 43: Mexico's Disappeared Students (Full Length)
When police forces intercepted students from the Teachers College of Ayotzinapa in Mexico en route to a protest in Iguala, six students were fatally shot and 43 were abducted.
Filipino Islamist Militants Claim $5.6M Ransom Paid for German Hostages
After threatening a beheading, the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group has released two Germans held captive on a remote island in the Philippines since April.
No, Navy SEALs Are Not About to Parachute In to Rescue the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Finding the 276 girls that are still missing, three weeks after they vanished into thin air, is likely to be a logistical nightmare.
Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine
On Monday, April 21, VICE News reporters Simon Ostrovsky and Freddie Paxton were stopped at a checkpoint by armed pro-Russia forces and pulled from their car. Ostrovsky was held in a basement cell where he was blindfolded, beaten, and accused of being...
French Journalists Held Captive in Syria Are Back Home in France
Four French journalists were held captive for 10 months in Syria by radical Islamist groups. They were released Saturday.
My Parents Had Me Abducted and Sent to a Mormon Treatment Center
"At around two or three in the morning, two guys burst in the front door and held me down. I tried fighting back but they were both twice my size. They told me they were from West Ridge Academy and that they now had legal guardianship over me."