Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release late opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny’s death, Putin said of the dissident’s demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can … Read more
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on spying charges, is escorted out of the Lefortovsky Court building in Moscow on Jan. 26, 2024. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin said “an agreement can be reached” over the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, signaling … Read more
President Vladimir Putin said Russia hasn’t achieved its objectives in Ukraine yet, adding in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that he would consider negotiations if the U.S. stops supplying weapons to Kyiv. “We haven’t yet achieved our goals,” Putin said in the Feb. 6 interview in Moscow, which Carlson posted on … Read more
A legal battle over how death row prisoners in Alabama can be killed has reached a critical point. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the state can proceed with its planned execution of inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen gas. The execution is scheduled for later this month and would be the first ever … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel — Nineteen Israeli prison guards are under investigation in the death of a 38-year-old Palestinian security prisoner in their custody, police said Thursday. Thaer Abu Assab was found with “severe signs of violence” on his body, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, an advocacy group. He died on Nov. 18 at the … Read more
US President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 20, 2023. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The United States on Wednesday released from jail an accused money launderer close to Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for that country sending home … Read more
A prisoner who poured boiling water over a vulnerable fellow inmate before beating and raping him has been jailed for 12 years. Robert Reynolds, a prisoner at HMP Winchester, threw boiling water from a kettle at the victim, causing burns to his back and face, before punching and kicking him during the attack in July … Read more
Nov. 28 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific Ocean on his way around the world. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east. In 1919, Virginia-born Nancy Astor became the first woman member of the British Parliament. In 1925, “The Grand Ole Opry,” … Read more
A four-day cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war began Friday morning in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker. The deal also includes the release of dozens of hostages held by militants and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, which was to take place later Friday. The diplomatic breakthrough promised some relief for the … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment DUBAI — Confronted with crippling sanctions at dwelling and eyeing upcoming U.S. elections, Iran agreed to a prisoner swap that freed 5 People, 5 Iranians and granted Tehran entry to $6 billion of its reserves frozen overseas Monday. After years of escalating tensions with the USA, Iran could have seen Monday’s … Read more