No oil, no energy and on the brink of economic collapse: how Cuba has to cope without Venezuela's help.

Three months after Nicolás Maduro's kidnapping by US special forces, Venezuelans are openly challenging the regime.

Achilles is furious that his war prize - his enslaved concubine, Briseis - is taken from him

In Nigeria, gangs kidnap women, men and children en masse in order to extort ransom money from their families.

What do supporters of the regime feel about the kidnapping of their president by the American military?

The story of a sensational kidnapping carried out by Islamic State, told by the journalist who survived the ordeal.

As Haitian descends into gang violence, a new generation of intellectuals and writers is coming of age.

Ethiopia's poorest make the long and desperate journey to Saudi Arabia by foot in search for work

Girls as young as ten are being kidnapped and forced into prostitution in Daulatdia