Dozens of the prisoners, who were freed on Saturday as part of a cease-fire and hostage deal, had been serving life sentences in Israeli jails for attacks against Israelis. By Fatima AbdulKarim ...

The country holds nearly 1,300 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, founder of the Viasna Human Rights Center. Since July, Lukashenko has pardoned more than ...

Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners, 120 of them serving life sentences, from its jails as part of a ceasefire deal. They ranged in age from 16 to 67. Some were set free into an exuberant ...

Palestinian student Amal Shujayyeh was freed in a ceasefire deal with Israel — but like other released prisoners, she faces the risk of being arrested again. After seven months in an Israeli ...

Four Israeli soldiers held by Hamas have been released and 200 Palestinian prisoners have been freed as part of a ceasefire deal that has brought an end to 15 months of brutal fighting in Gaza.

CAIRO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis released 153 prisoners on Saturday with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the ICRC said in a statement. The identities of ...

Hamas freed four female soldiers on Saturday, in the second release in a hostage-for-prisoner swap outlined by the cease-fire deal with Israel. By Alexandra E. Petri Aaron Boxerman and Lynsey ...

Israel’s prison service confirmed that 200 Palestinian prisoners - including some serving life sentences - were released from detention facilities as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal.

Hamas announced on Friday that it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire ...

Israel later released 200 Palestinian prisoners in the second exchange of a fragile ceasefire. The four Israelis smiled, waved and gave the thumbs-up from a stage in Palestine Square, with armed ...

Israel later released 200 Palestinian prisoners in the second exchange of a fragile cease-fire. The four Israelis smiled, waved and gave a thumbs-up from a stage in Palestine Square, with armed ...