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2/17/2021 5:19:39 PM
Russia has helped secure the release of four Syrians held by Israel in exchange for the return of the body an Israeli soldier declared missing after a 1982 tank battle with Syrian forces in Lebanon
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Egypt
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1/26/2021 6:24:02 PM
2,904 prisoners qualified for release, whereas only 118 inmates, handpicked by the upper council for committees, met the requirements for conditional release
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1/24/2021 1:37:44 PM
The meeting in Jordan comes days after the United States designated the Iran-aligned Houthis as a foreign terrorist organisation
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1/10/2021 10:02:28 AM
A roadside bomb exploded in Afghanistan's capital Sunday, killing at least three people in a vehicle, the latest attack to take place even as government negotiators are in Qatar to resume peace talks with the Taliban.
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Africa
12/1/2020 7:40:16 PM
Federal forces took Tigray's highland capital Mekelle in hours on Saturday. TPLF leaders fled to the hills, saying they were resisting and taking prisoners
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Africa
12/1/2020 5:54:40 PM
The French station Radio France Internationale (RFI), which broke the story, said some of the women were raped for days by male convicts after prison authorities lost control of the facility
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11/28/2020 11:01:05 AM
Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakistani with diabetes and a heart condition, had two things going for him that he didn’t have at previous hearings: a favorable legal development and the election of Joe Biden
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World
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11/26/2020 5:09:00 PM
Israel's administrative detention policy allows the internment of prisoners without charge for renewable periods of up to six months each time
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11/21/2020 5:48:00 PM
Five escaping prisoners died on Saturday when their car hit a tree after more than 60 detainees broke out of a Lebanese detention centre outside the capital Beirut
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11/21/2020 1:04:12 PM
They fled from Baabda district prison at dawn after breaking open cell doors, state news agency NNA said, adding security forces had cordoned off surrounding areas
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11/19/2020 10:36:43 AM
A shocking report into war crimes by elite Australian troops has found evidence that 25 soldiers unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians
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Africa
11/16/2020 9:49:56 AM
There was no immediate comment from Tigray's leaders on the events in Alamata, a town near the border with Amhara regional state, about 120 km (75 miles) from Tigray's capital Mekelle
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10/16/2020 3:25:07 PM
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10/15/2020 10:19:48 AM
A spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is handling the logistics of the operation, said their teams were present at a number of different airports involved in the transfer
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Egypt
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Politics
10/12/2020 9:00:00 AM
The humanitarian ceasefire was reached following talks brokered by Moscow to give the green light to ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabah and the Azeri army to swap prisoners
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10/11/2020 11:38:27 AM
The ceasefire, clinched after marathon talks in Moscow advocated by President Vladimir Putin, was meant to halt fighting to allow ethnic Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azeri forces to swap prisoners and war dead
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World
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Africa
10/9/2020 3:50:48 PM
Their release came after the Malian government freed more than 100 prisoners over the weekend
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World
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International
10/6/2020 1:08:07 PM
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation of rights activists, lawyers and political prisoners held in Iran as a result of the coronavirus crisis
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World
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Africa
10/5/2020 12:11:47 PM
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9/30/2020 2:55:26 PM
The face-to-face military talks, which started Monday in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, came amid international pressure on both sides of the war and their foreign backers to avert an escalation
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