Five Ukrainians were released from Belarus in a U.S.-brokered prisoner swap, with President Zelenskiy expressing gratitude to ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 prisoners, including Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski, after talks with a U.S. envoy. In exchange, the U.S. agreed to lift potash sanctions. This ...

Five Ukrainians were among the prisoners released by Belarus in a US-brokered deal on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, expressing gratitude to Washington for aiding their ...

There were tears and cheers on both sides of the Gaza-Israel border yesterday as 20 living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees were released in a prisoner swap. The trade, phase ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top hostage negotiator defended prisoner swaps that free Americans wrongfully detained by foreign countries in exchange for the release of convicted criminals, ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing high-profile opponents into exile hours after a US envoy announced that Washington will lift sanctions on ...

Belarus on Saturday released 123 political prisoners, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize ...

Earlier this year, Reuters reported that U.S. officials gave the Russians a list of nine Americans they wanted returned. Included in that list was David Barnes, a native Alabamian who was sentenced to ...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States have discussed the possibility of conducting another prisoner exchange, Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told Axios in ...

The United States and Russia completed a 24-person prisoner swap on Thursday, the largest in post-Soviet history, with Moscow releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and fellow ...

India and Bangladesh conducted a prisoner exchange, sending 32 Bangladeshi fishermen back home while releasing 47 Indian ...

SANAA/ADEN, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Friday on the second and final day of an operation to fly about 1,000 men home and help build momentum for a ...