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Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas begins with an exchange of hostages and prisoners
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — A cease-fire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, silencing the guns over Gaza and renewing hopes of a…
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Ukraine and Russia clash over prisoners of war
Ukraine on Sunday rejected claims by the Russian Foreign Ministry that it did not want to take back hundreds of prisoners of war proposed…
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UN-backed experts: Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners is a crime against humanity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity, U.N.-backed human rights…
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Ukraine and Russia Swap 95 Prisoners on Each Side, Moscow Says
(Bloomberg) -- Russia said it exchanged 95 Ukrainian soldiers for an equal number of its force in the first major prisoner of war return…
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Hundreds of 'seriously ill' prisoners freed in DR Congo
Some 1,685 "seriously ill" inmates have been released from one of the most notorious prisons in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the…
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UN expert says prisoners sent by Russia to fight in Ukraine are committing crimes when they return
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed human rights expert monitoring President Vladimir Putin’s Russia decried on Monday increased violence in the…
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'Tell everyone I'm home': Ukrainian prisoners rejoice at rare swap
Tetyana Bugay burst into tears as she called her sister to announce she had finally returned to Ukraine after spending over two and a half…
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Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war
Russia and Ukraine have completed another major prisoner exchange. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, 115 Russian soldiers who…
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Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners after Kursk offensive
Russia and Ukraine exchanged 230 prisoners of war on Saturday, weeks after Ukraine launched a cross-border attack into the Kursk region of…
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Russia's Medvedev threatens exchanged political prisoners
Former Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev issued threats on Sunday to former Russian political prisoners who were released into exile as part…
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Who are the prisoners in the Russia-West swap?
The US has confirmed 24 people were involved in a prisoner exchange between Russia and some Western countries including the US and…
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Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday…
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Prisoners escape from Niger jail that holds jihadists
Authorities in Niger have declared a curfew in the volatile Tillaberi region after several prisoners escaped from a heavily fortified jail…
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Zelensky welcomes release of prisoners including Tatar leader
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the return of Ukrainian prisoners from Russia, including Nariman Dzhelyal, a leader of…
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Putin claims Russia holding thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow's forces have captured more than 6,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war since the…
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Kiev, Moscow exchange fire and prisoners as Zelensky signs new pacts
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by…