Alcatraz has enchanted tourists, conspiracy theorists and paranormal investigators with its exciting and mysterious history.

Craig Jones takes a wander through San Francisco’s vibrant, foodie streets, enjoying many of the delights the US city has to ...

At least 33 prisoners died and 15 were injured as the prisoners confronted security forces during their escape, he added ... to imprisoned members of the al-Shabab armed group, which has waged ...

became the site of a bloody uprising that would later be known as the Battle of Alcatraz. What began as an ambitious escape attempt quickly turned into the most violent standoff ever seen in the ...

A report by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) said the prisoners overpowered guards and seized AK-47 rifles, allowing them to escape the correctional facility. Mozambican ...

Asma al-Assad has filed for divorce from deposed former Syrian President Bashar in Russia. Asma sought to leave Moscow, expressing dissatisfaction with her life in exile(AFP) Asma al-Assad ...

Asma had been diagnosed with leukemia years ago – She had a career in banking before meeting Bashar and moving to Syria Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syria’s former dictator Bashar al-Assad ...

Asma al-Assad moved to Syria in 2000 and married Assad in the same year at the age of 25. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and his wife Asma al-Assad (L) attend the opening ceremony of the ...

Part of a memorandum dated February 5, 1938, that appears to describe Al Capone having a seizure in Alcatraz prison after a period of confusion. Family photographs taken in 1945. Reprinted with ...

Assad hailed from Syria’s Alawite minority. Not all escape attempts were successful. Ihab Makhlouf, Bashar al-Assad’s cousin and a prominent businessman, was killed on December 7 while trying ...