CRIME

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the suspected robbery and murder of a woman in Okinawa, officials said Sunday, the latest criminal case on the southern island where the heavy presence of American troops remains a sensitive issue. Okinawa prefectural police said they arrested a 20-year-old Marine stationed at Futenma Air Base on suspicion of killing …

The worsening kidnapping crisis in parts of Nigeria has taken a disturbing turn, with security forces confronting a supposedly IED-protected kidnappers’ camp in Imo state, while a woman kidnapped by bandits in Niger state reportedly gave birth while in captivity. The developments emerged from two separate kidnapping incidents involving prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) traveling to …

Ten prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have been rescued following a highway kidnapping in Imo State. The rescue in Imo came after suspected kidnappers intercepted two commercial buses carrying potential corps members and other passengers along the Onitsha-Owerri road in the early hours of Thursday. Troops from the 34th Artillery Brigade responded to the incident at …