Westerners arrested in Russia
PARIS, June 26, 2024 (AFP) - US reporter Evan Gershkovich is due to face the start of a closed-door trial…
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Russia jails dozens for mourning Kremlin critic Navalny
MOSCOW, Feb 18, 2024 (AFP) - Russian courts have sentenced dozens of people detained at events commemorating Kremlin critic Alexei…
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Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of POWs
By Daria ANDRIIEVSKA KYIV, Ukraine, Jan 31, 2024 (AFP) - Russia and Ukraine traded hundreds of prisoners of war on…
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Iran executes 4 over Israel ‘collaboration’: judiciary
TEHRAN, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - Iran on Friday hanged four people convicted of spying for arch foe Israel,…
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White House says readying new proposal to Russia to free two Americans
WASHINGTON, Dec 21, 2023 (AFP) - The White House said Thursday it was preparing a new proposal to Russia to…
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Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange war prisoners
By Emil GULIYEV BAKU, Dec 13, 2023 (AFP) - Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday swapped prisoners of war, a first…
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Teenage boys, 59-year-old woman: the Palestinian prisoners listed for release
JERUSALEM, Nov 22, 2023 (AFP) - The vast majority of Palestinians slated for release under an Israel-Hamas swap deal to…
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Australian economist recounts ‘Kafkaesque’ time in Myanmar junta jail
SYDNEY, Australia, Nov 14, 2023 (AFP) - Days after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021,…
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‘Currently no chance’ of prisoner swap with Israel: Hamas official
DOHA, Oct 9, 2023 (AFP) - Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is not open to negotiating a prisoner exchange with Israel…
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US, Iran release prisoners in $6 billion swap deal
DOHA, Sept 18, 2023 (AFP) - Arch-foes the United States and Iran each released five detainees on Monday in a…
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Pres. Biden grants clemency to Iranians as US confirms prisoner swap
NEW YORK, Sept 18, 2023 (AFP) - The United States on Monday confirmed a prisoner swap with Iran and said…
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Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law…
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