The co-director claims that the Palestinian Oscar winner was freed following an attack by Israeli settlers

According to his co-director, a Palestinian Oscar winner who was detained by the Israeli military after being attacked by Israeli settlers has been freed. The activists said that during an attack on Monday, settlers surrounded the home of Hamdan Ballal, co-director of No Other Land, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

A US woman was arrested for allegedly holding her stepson captive for 20 years

According to authorities, a Connecticut man who was allegedly held captive by his stepmother for 20 years managed to get out by burning the tiny room where he was kept.

Authorities rescued the skinny 32-year-old man from a 72-square-foot (6.7-square-meter) room after responding to the fire. The alleged prisoner was treated for smoke inhalation and weighed 68 pounds (30 kilograms) when he escaped.