Source link The inmates could be exchanged for 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, reports say Israel has agreed to release between 700 and 800 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 40 hostages still held by Hamas, Israeli media reported on Sunday, citing officials familiar with the matter. If successful, the swap would be part of […]
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Nigerian kidnappers demand $620,000 for release of schoolchildren — RT Africa
Source link The West African nation’s president has vowed to free hundreds of hostages without paying a ransom Militants who kidnapped 286 children and staff from a school in northern Nigeria last week are demanding a total of 1 billion naira ($620,432) for their release, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesman for the families […]
Trump pledges to release Capitol rioters — RT World News
Source link The Republican candidate described his jailed supporters as “hostages” and vowed to set them free immediately after taking office Former US President Donald Trump has said that freeing the “wrongfully imprisoned” Capitol Hill rioters will be one of his “first acts” if he returns to the White House. Nearly 1,400 Trump supporters have […]
Putin doesn’t rule out release of US journalist — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Evan Gershkovich was caught red-handed receiving secret information, the Russian president has said Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter currently held in Russia on espionage charges, could return home if the US is willing to reciprocate, Russian President Vladimir Putin told American journalist Tucker Carlson on Thursday. The intelligence services of the […]
India’s top court cancels early release of gang rape convicts — RT India
Source link The 11 men sentenced to life in prison and released last year have been ordered to surrender to authorities India’s Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the early release of 11 men convicted of rape and murder during the 2002 communal riots in the western state of Gujarat. The top court overturned the Gujarati […]
Chechen leader says Ukrainian POW release offer was ‘trolling’ — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Ramzan Kadyrov claims the suggestion was only aimed at showing that the US does not really care about the lives of Kiev’s troops The leader of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya has said US sanctions do not bother him or his family members, and that his proposal to release Ukrainian POWs in exchange for […]
Chechen leader names condition for Ukrainian POWs release — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers could be freed in exchange for the removal of restrictions against his family, Ramzan Kadyrov says The head of Russia’s Chechnya Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has proposed releasing up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, but only if Kiev’s Western backers lift sanctions imposed against his family in return. The Ukrainian […]
US court orders release of 180 Epstein-linked names — RT World News
Source link Previously redacted entries are expected to show associates and victims of the late sex trafficker A federal judge in New York has ruled to unseal the documents that contain the identifying information of an estimated 180 people connected in some manner to Jeffrey Epstein. The convicted pedophile died in 2019 in a New […]