Tehran authorities forced the Hankuk Chemi tanker, sailing under South Korean flag, to dock in Iran last week, suspecting the vessel of contaminating local waters. At the same time, the Islamic republic rejected accusations that it was holding the ship “hostage”. Iran’s seizure of the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi tanker was not a provocation aimed at the US, but rather a message... 

Four black suspects are being charged with kidnapping, assault and hate crimes for holding a white man with special needs hostage and torturing him for hours, police in Illinois said. It is unclear if he was targeted for being white or for his disability. The four suspects were taken into custody on Wednesday after the 28-minute video was livestreamed on Tuesday. Jordan Hill, 18; Tesfaye Cooper, 18;...