The Taliban government announced on Tuesday the release by the United States of an Afghan prisoner in exchange for US detainees, saying the deal was brokered by Qatar. "An Afghan fighter Khan ...

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 ...

Two Americans have been freed in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban in exchange for a Taliban figure imprisoned for life in California, officials said Tuesday.

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 ...

Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released. Ryan Corbett, an American held in Afghanistan since 2022, has been released from Taliban custody in a prisoner swap ...

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 re-arrest. After seven months in an Israeli prison ...

KYIV, Ukraine—Twenty-six Ukrainian prisoners of war sat naked on a cold stone floor, their legs crossed, heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs. The fresh arrivals at a jail in the ...

WASHINGTON − Federal prisoners convicted in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, began to be released overnight, after President Donald Trump approved pardons Monday for nearly 1,600 people ...

Israel is expected on Sunday to begin releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, according to the terms of the cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas. By Aaron Boxerman Israel ...

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.

The streets of Beitunia were flooded with people as fireworks exploded in the night sky. After hours of delays, the buses carrying some of the 90 Palestinians slowly made their way through the crowds.