(Reuters) -Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that more than 60 Russian “hostages” were serving prison sentences in the United States, the result of what he called an illegal…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday that a major prisoner of war swap deal was a…
Family Of Ex-Marine Left Behind In Russia ‘Devastated’ After Brittney Griner Released In High-Level Prisoner Swap Micaela Burrow on December 8, 2022 The family of the ex-Marine jailed in Russia…
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that further prisoner swaps between the United States and Russia were possible, and that contacts between the two countries’ intelligence services would…
Former prisoner transport officer, Dewayne Dudley, 56, pleaded guilty in federal court in the Northern District of Oklahoma to violating a male detainee’s civil rights by sexually assaulting and kidnapping…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s nominee to be ambassador to Russia, Lynne Tracy, pledged on Wednesday to make the release of detained Americans a priority if…
(Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that it always takes prisoner swap proposals with the United States seriously after Washington said it expected President Vladimir Putin to express a…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday said that a potential prisoner exchange with the United States to free U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, who is serving a nine-year…
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that CHARLES HARRISON, 34, pleaded guilty today in Bridgeport federal court to escaping from the custody of the…
DUBAI (Reuters) -A regional country has mediated between Iran and the United States for the “simultaneous release of prisoners,” Iran’s Nournews said on Saturday, shortly after Tehran allowed an Iranian-American…
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Thursday that 55 of its servicemen had been returned to Russia in the largest prisoner exchange deal with Ukraine since the start of…
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has released U.S. citizens Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, in a prisoner exchange brokered by Saudi Arabia, a family representative told Reuters on Wednesday. The…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American engineer Mark Frerichs appears to be in stable condition after his release on Monday in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader, a senior Biden administration official…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry said on Monday that it was ready for talks on a prisoner exchange to free U.S. citizens jailed in Russia, but that the American embassy…
MACON, Ga. – An incarcerated individual who attempted to have a controlled substance smuggled into Georgia prisons and brokered a methamphetamine deal with an undercover GBI agent was sentenced to…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh ended a hunger strike lasting over 160 days on Wednesday after Israel agreed to his release in October, his lawyer said. Awawdeh, 40,…
SHERMAN, Texas – A Texas prison inmate man has been arrested and charged with federal violations related to a drone drop scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S.…
‘Quiet Diplomacy’: Russia Rips US For Making Griner Prisoner Swap Public Ahead Of Midterms Micaela Burrow on August 18, 2022 Russia said it is conducting “quiet diplomacy” with the U.S.…
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS – Hamma al-Hammami knows the peril Tunisia risks if it slides back into autocracy, as he and opposition parties warn it may do…
EVANSVILLE – A federal grand jury in Evansville returned an indictment today charging Casey White, 38, of Florence, Alabama, with being a felon in possession of a firearm and a…
(Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday refused to comment on the prospect of a prisoner exchange for detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. Griner, detained at a Moscow airport in…
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN —U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced today that Nathon James Zink, 34, was sentenced to 112 months in federal prison for mailing threatening communications…
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – An Arkansas inmate has pleaded guilty to federal violations, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Jeffrey Scott Williams pleaded guilty to mailing…
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in Russia and released in a prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, landed in his home country, Reed’s…
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Robert Smith, 49, of Philadelphia, PA, was convicted today after trial of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon…