It also violated the custom that swaps involve similar sorts of prisoners—spies for spies, or criminals for criminals. Mr ...

Russia and some Western countries exchanged 26 prisoners on Thursday. These released prisoners included US journalist Evan ...

If you are in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine and hold a Russian passport or are a stateless person residing permanently in Russia or the Russia-controlled parts of Ukraine, please ...

Three Bulgarian nationals have been convicted by a London jury of spying for Russia. The verdicts Friday followed a trial ...

Iran and Turkey have summoned each other’s diplomats for discussions after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan criticized Tehran’s policy of supporting militias in Syria and elsewhere in the region.

Moldova has set a series of demands of its breakaway Transnistria region – including prisoner releases – if it is to keep the territory supplied with gas following a halt to flows via Ukraine.

It can be difficult, particularly if the case has complex circumstances,’ the executive director of Hostage US, Liz Cathcart, ...

The Gaza Strip has been under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade since Hamas took power there in 2007, with critics of Israel often likening the territory to an open-air prison. Israel asserts ...

A man saved a hostage woman's life after he switched places with her and wrestled her captor into submission at Almaty Airport in Kazakhstan. The incident commenced when a man grabbed a 21-year-old ...