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World Jun 26

Ksenia Karelina says release from Russian prison ‘feels like starting a new life’

By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi

World Feb 15

Released hostage Iair Horn, who was seized during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, reunites with his family at ...
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

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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

Funeral ceremony of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in Didim
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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

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Americans released from detention in Russia, upon their arrival at Joint Base Andrews
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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.

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Jun 26

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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…

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Dec 20

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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…

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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.

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Sep 18

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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…

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