Trio en-route to Israel via Turkey and expected to land Thursday morning after being held for suspected contacts with separatists

Still without legal representation and not charged with any crime, trio receiving support from Chabad, embassies

Nigerian AG says Nnamdi Kanu, head of the Indigenous People of Biafra movement, was 'brought back' to the country from unknown location

Abubakar Shekau 'preferred to be humiliated in the hereafter to getting humiliated on Earth. He killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive,' rival leader says

Police and military begin joint operations to rescue children; residents say attackers also assaulted army base to prevent them from intervening

Assault believed to have been carried out by one of several groups of bandits notorious for kidnapping people for ransom

After 13-year-old sentenced to 120 months in prison over conversation with a friend, Piotr Cywiński tells Nigeria's president he'll finance the boy's education if he's freed

143 cases detected in Islamic Republic over past 24 hours, highest number of new cases for a single day; Nigeria announces first case; Switzerland bans events for over 1,000 people

Jihadist group calls slayings 'a message to Christians all over the world,' says they are revenge for death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Decades-long insurgency by Islamic extremist group has left tens of thousands dead, displaced millions and wreaked havoc on Nigeria's north