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World
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12/21/2022 12:39:35 PM
Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer would not be released for burial.
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World
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International
12/20/2022 10:42:46 PM
All 33 suspected militant prisoners who seized a Pakistan police station over the weekend were killed and their hostages freed in a clearance operation by special forces on Tuesday, the defence minister said.
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World
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Region
12/20/2022 9:43:21 PM
Hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of masked gunmen firing into the air, took to the streets and stores shuttered across the occupied West Bank to protest the death of a veteran prisoner in Israeli captivity.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/14/2022 9:28:01 PM
Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of the military in its latest prisoner swap with Russian forces.
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World
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War in Ukraine
12/14/2022 7:49:05 PM
The new head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday said she was prepared to go to Moscow to discuss access to prisoners of war (POWs).
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World
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Region
12/14/2022 6:42:42 PM
Hamas will end talks on securing a prisoner exchange with Israel unless there is progress soon, the militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip said Wednesday.
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World
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International
12/9/2022 2:11:29 PM
American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.
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World
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Region
12/8/2022 1:14:12 PM
Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran.
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World
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Region
11/29/2022 7:37:40 PM
A Belgian aid worker detained in Iran is on a hunger strike over the "inhuman" treatment by his captors, his family said on Tuesday, expressing worries about his failing health.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/29/2022 5:34:47 PM
Russia and the United States have repeatedly been on the verge of agreement on a prisoner exchange, a senior Russian diplomat said Tuesday, adding that a deal is still possible before the year's end.
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World
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Region
10/17/2022 9:48:44 AM
Iran's judiciary raised the death toll Monday in a blaze at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, saying that at least eight prisoners were killed as protests continue nationwide.
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World
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Region
10/16/2022 1:00:45 PM
A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
10/6/2022 8:27:36 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree pardoning 1,557 prisoners at various correctional centres nationwide on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the 6 October 1973 War, the Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday.
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World
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Region
10/2/2022 7:10:04 PM
Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or charge, the highest number since 2008, an Israeli rights group said Sunday.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/25/2022 9:59:02 AM
Moroccan prisoner of war released as part of an exchange between Moscow and Kyiv said he wanted to draw attention to the "struggle" of Ukraine as he returned home Saturday.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/22/2022 5:43:55 PM
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged missile and artillery barrages that killed at least seven people Thursday as both sides refused to concede any ground despite recent military setbacks for Moscow and the toll on the invaded country after almost seven months of war.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
9/22/2022 3:51:43 PM
President Vladimir Putin's ally Viktor Medvedchuk and 55 servicemen were handed over to Russia in a record-high prisoner swap with Kyiv, a leader of Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine confirmed Thursday.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
9/20/2022 12:08:15 PM
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap 200 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the seven-month war, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told US television.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/30/2022 12:12:00 PM
The 19-member Board of Trustees responsible for preparing the national dialogue proposed by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi in April is set to resume meetings.
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World
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Region
8/15/2022 8:04:50 PM
An Israeli occupation military court on Monday rejected an appeal for release by a Palestinian prisoner whose health is deteriorating as he continues a 165-day hunger strike to protest being held without charge or trial, his lawyer said.
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