SURPRISE?
Two bizarre videos of Ramzan Kadyrov were released just days after the Chechen leader was reported to be “in critical condition.”
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‘TERRIBLY UNJUST’
A Washington state mother risks having her 8-year-old daughter sent back to Saudi Arabia—four years after their risky breakout from the kingdom.
BLACK BOX
Meanwhile, Russian investigators claimed to have recovered all 10 bodies from the crash site on Friday.
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‘CATASTROPHIC’
“I didn’t see it coming at all. At all,” the lawyer, whose 17-year-old son was arrested in an FBI raid on charges of plotting a national terrorist attack, told The Daily Beast.
TRAPPED
The removal of President Mohamad Bazoum’s government comes after guards allegedly sealed off the residence in what his office called a “fit of temper.”
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‘SAID THE WRONG THING’
A family member of Travis King told The Daily Beast he deeply regrets an emotional conversation they had just days before the U.S. soldier bolted into North Korea.
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‘CRYING LIKE A BABY’
The U.S. Army private who crossed into North Korea began acting “reckless” after the tragic death of a 7-year-old family member, his uncle told The Daily Beast.
CHAOS
Russian vacationers are making a run for it after their holidays were interrupted by a deadly drone strike in Kremlin-occupied Crimea.
‘DESTROY EVERYTHING’
It took six police officers to subdue the 25-year-old after the newsroom rampage, the Spanish daily La Voz de Galicia said.
HORROR SHOW
62-year-old Hans Peter Mack was reported missing by his wife after a business meeting on July 4.