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Sharon Alony Cunio weeps as she poses for a portrait in the ruins of her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, from where she and her family were kidnapped by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023. Cunio and her 3-year-old twin daughters were released in November, but her husband David remains captive in Gaza. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL - Associated Press
Tue,01/16/24-11:21AM , 79 Reads
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — Standing in the ruins of her home in the Nir Oz farming village on the Gaza border, Sharon Alony Cunio gazed at the distant skyline of
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Rolando Alvarez, bishop of Matagalpa, gives a press conference regarding the Roman Catholic Church's agreeing to act as "mediator and witness" in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 3, 2018. Nicaragua's government released Alvarez, sentenced to 26 years in prison for conspiracy and other crimes, and sent him on a plane to the Vatican, according to the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Monsignor Silvio Baez, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome from prison, guests of Vatican
Sun,01/14/24-3:21PM , 681 Reads
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua's government released a prominent Catholic bishop and 18 other clergy members imprisoned in a crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and handed them over to Vatican authorities who welcomed them in Rome.
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin poses for a portrait on day 98 since her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped by Hamas, in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Every morning, before she's even out of her pajamas, she tears a piece of masking tape off the roll, grabs a marking pen and in thick black strokes writes down the number of days her son, Hersh, has been held hostage by Hamas militants. Then she sticks it to her chest. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Counting the days: Families of Hamas hostages prepare to mark loved ones' 100th day in captivity
Fri,01/12/24-11:24PM , 137 Reads
LONDON (AP) — It has become a daily ritual.
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This wanted poster posted on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024 on X formerly known as Twitter, by Ecuador's Ministry of Interior, shows José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros gang. Macías was discovered missing on Sunday from a Guayaquil prison cell where he was serving a 34-year sentence for drug trafficking. Also known by the alias “Fito,” Macías is on the country's most wanted list and a reward is being offered for information that helps find his whereabouts. (Ecuador's Ministry of Interior via AP)

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What we know about 'Fito,' Ecuador’s notorious gang leader who went missing from prison
By GABRIELA MOLINA - Associated Press
Wed,01/10/24-11:07PM , 53 Reads
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — José Adolfo Macías Villamar, leader of Los Choneros, one of the Ecuadorian gangs considered responsible for a spike in car bombings, kidnappings and slayings, was discovered missing from his prison cell
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