World Jun 26 Ksenia Karelina says release from Russian prison ‘feels like starting a new life’ By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi
World Feb 15 Israel and Hamas complete their latest exchange with 2 weeks left in ceasefire’s first phase Israel and Hamas completed the sixth exchange of hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday with just over two weeks remaining in the initial phase of their fragile Gaza ceasefire. By Mohammad Jahjouh, Melanie Lidman, Jalal Bwaitel, Associated Press
World Feb 11 Russia releases detained American teacher Marc Fogel, White House says Trump national security adviser Michael Waltz says the U.S. and Russia “negotiated an exchange” but did not say if the U.S. released anybody in return. By Chris Megerian, Associated Press
World Sep 14 Watch 3:35 News Wrap: Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank buried in her hometown In our news wrap Saturday, a funeral was held in Turkey for the Turkish-American woman killed by an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, Israeli airstrikes hammered central and southern Gaza, Russia and Ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, a…
Nation Aug 27 Watch 9:41 Alsu Kurmasheva on adjusting to life back home after release from Russian detention A prisoner swap with Russia brought three Americans home earlier this month. Among them was Russian American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who was sentenced to six and a half years after the Russian government accused her of "spreading falsehoods" about the… By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako
Aug 02 Russia acknowledges Kremlin operatives were among citizens freed in prisoner swap By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press New details have emerged on the largest prisoner swap since the Cold War, with the Kremlin acknowledging for the first time that some of the Russians held in the West belonged to its security services. Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 9:23 As Gershkovich’s trial begins, a look at the chances of a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Eliot Barnhart For the first time since the Cold War, a journalist has gone on trial in Russia for espionage. The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich appeared in court accused of working on behalf of the CIA. The White House calls the… Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 6:28 The significance of the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela By Amna Nawaz, Teresa Cebrián Aranda In a historic prisoner swap, ten Americans are headed home after the U.S. freed a top ally of Venezuelan President Maduro. Six of the Americans were judged "wrongfully detained" by the State Department. The Maduro government also agreed to free… Continue watching
Nov 27 Israel and Hamas reach agreement to extend truce for two more days, Qatar’s foreign ministry says By Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The cease-fire came into effect Friday after several weeks of indirect negotiations mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 10:27 Five released Americans fly home after years of imprisonment in Iran By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi It’s the end of an ordeal for five Americans held for years by the regime in Iran, who were freed after high-stakes negotiations and began their journey home Monday. Jared Genser, human rights attorney and pro-bono counsel for the family… Continue watching