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

I saw that he was going to stab her,” dad of five Abdul Abdraim said. “I told him, ‘Take me hostage instead of her.” ...

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

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

In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (February 24) proposed an “all for all” swap of prisoners of war with Russia to ... Meanwhile, speaking in Turkey’s Ankara, Russia Foreign Minister ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed an exchange of all prisoners of war with Russia and called for long-term peace. He emphasized Ukraine's readiness to exchange all POWs and ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday proposed a complete exchange of all prisoners of war with Russia as the "start" of a process of ending the conflict between the two countries ...

The last prisoner swap took place on Feb. 5, when 150 Ukrainian defenders were returned from Russian captivity, many of them seriously ill or wounded. We’re bringing the voice of Ukraine to the ...

ANKARA — During his visit to Turkey on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, praised the Trump administration’s decision to initiate direct dialogue ...

The swap came on the heels of a much larger prisoner exchange last August, involving the United States, Germany, Norway, Slovenia, Russia and Belarus. Among those freed at that time was Evan ...