They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government.

For years, however, the prisoners have "vigorously" maintained their innocence, Franks said. Six Americans who were imprisoned in Kuwait have been released in an agreement with the United States.

Tennessee houses nearly 29% of its inmates in private prisons, ranking it among the top four states nationally. Since 2000, the number of Tennessee prisoners in private facilities has surged by 95 ...

When US lawmakers introduced legislation nearly 30 years ago to curb the "frivolous" prisoner lawsuits they said were inundating the courts, they insisted it wouldn't affect prisoners with ...

Army 1st Lt. Jack Treadwell single-handedly took out six German pillboxes and captured 18 enemy soldiers during World War II.

Polls show the CDU enjoying a comfortable lead, with 28% support. Merz voted Sunday in Arnsberg in western Germany, just minutes after his main rival, Scholz. But it's the rise of the far-right ...

This week government figures are likely to show the prison population back to where it was before the last early release scheme. But even though hundreds of prisoners have served only 40% of ...

Israel delayed the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners Saturday after six hostages were freed that afternoon. Military vehicles that typically move in advance of the buses carrying the ...

Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, in an overnight exchange marking the ...

The man who claimed to be the last living relative of Adolf Hitler in Germany is dead. Records uncovered by Bild show Romano-Lukas Hitler, who claimed to be the nephew of the Nazi Führer ...

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) won Sunday’s election as voters rebuked the nation’s left-leaning government for its handling of the economy and immigration. Voters gave ...

Berlin — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest.