The U.S. hoped that if German POWs were treated humanely, Germany would reciprocate in its treatment of American prisoners.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday they had each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the ...

The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport nearly 300 Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador, where they ...

The militant group turned over four coffins it said contained the bodies of Israeli captives, and Israel began releasing Palestinian prisoners. transcript “Our delegation will go to Cairo and ...

The case closely echoes that of Rodney Reed, a Texas death row prisoner who claimed that DNA testing might help prove his innocence. His story attracted the attention of lawmakers and celebrities ...

When US lawmakers introduced legislation nearly 30 years ago to curb the "frivolous" prisoner lawsuits they said were inundating the courts, they insisted it wouldn't affect prisoners with ...

For years, however, the prisoners have "vigorously" maintained their innocence, Franks said. Six Americans who were imprisoned in Kuwait have been released in an agreement with the United States.

More than 600 Palestinian prisoners are set to be exchanged simultaneously for the bodies of the last four Israeli hostages to be returned by Hamas under the terms of the first stage of the Gaza ...

Earlier this week, Cuba completed the release of 553 prisoners despite the collapse of a deal with the United States, Vatican News reported. In January, under the Catholic Church’s mediation ...

Talks with Israel through mediators on further steps in a ceasefire agreement are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being released as agreed, Hamas official Basem Naim said on Sunday. Israel ...

Hamas says talks with Israel about further steps in the Gaza ceasefire deal are conditional on Palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed. Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of ...

Hamas has handed over the bodies of four hostages, and Israel has released some Palestinian prisoners, as the five-week-old ceasefire appeared to get back on track after a breach that had brought ...