Prisoner release
UN says two staff members detained in Afghanistan have been freed
The two Afghan staff members of the UN's Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) were detained in the western city of Herat on August 9, following a string of detentions by Taliban authorities.
Kremlin releases ailing ex- US Marine Robert Gilman from Russian prison
US citizen detained, held by Iranian regime since 2024 released, Donald Trump announces
Israel was unprepared for 10,000 Palestinian security prisoners during war, report finds
Hamas willing to accept less prisoner releases in exchange deal - report
Israeli officials do not have high expectations from the talks.
Arab-Israeli terrorist who murdered Moshe Tamam released from prison
Oren Tamam, Moshe's brother, and Transportation Minister Miri Regev have demanded that Abu Mukh's citizenship be revoked.
Iran frees British-Iranian aid worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe - her lawyer says
"She was pardoned by Iran's Supreme Leader last year, but spent the last year of her term under house arrest with electronic shackles tied to her feet. Now they're cast off."
Indonesia to release suspected Bali bombings mastermind Bashir
Bashir, 82, who was among Indonesia's most notorious extremists, is considered the spiritual leader of the al Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network.
Israel said to have offered concessions to Hamas on prisoner swap deal
An unnamed senior Hamas official said, “the ball is now back in the Israeli court.”
Freed academic was detained in Iran due to Israeli partner - report
Australia and Moore-Gilbert have rejected Iran's allegations that she was working as a spy for Israel.
PLO official gives directly opposing statements to NYT and Arab media
Qadri Abu Bakr told The New York Times that prisoners' families salaries would change to match the families' needs, instead of correlating to prison sentence. He denied the statement to Arab media.
34 years after capture, Ron Arad's wife: 'Let's not repeat same mistakes'
In a moving Facebook post, Tami Arad recalled early years of hope and despair waiting for her husband to return home.
Hamas: We have powerful cards to force Israel to free prisoners
Israeli authorities say that many of the released prisoners had resumed terrorism activity, either by joining Hamas or recruiting members to terror cells
Taliban prisoner issue almost resolved, peace talks expected 'soon'
A source close to the Taliban said the group was willing to move forward so long as most of the 5,000 prisoners demanded were released.
