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Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs

18 May 2022

Ukrainian fighters extracted from the last bastion of resistance in Mariupol were taken to a former penal colony in enemy-controlled territory, and a top military official hoped they could be...

Russia, US release prisoners in surprise exchange

28 Apr 2022

Gulf Today Report Russia and the United States announced on Wednesday, that they held an exchange between two prisoners: the former US marine Trevor Reed and the Russian...

Sheikh Mohammed pardons 659 prisoners ahead of Ramadan

28 Mar 2022

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered the release of 659 prisoners of different nationalities from the penal and...

VIDEO: Iran frees British citizens Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori after debt paid

17 Mar 2022

Two British citizens who had been jailed in Iran for more than five years — a charity worker and a retired civil engineer — were on their way home Wednesday...

Khalifa pardons 870 prisoners ahead of UAE’s 50th National Day

28 Nov 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter The President of the United Arab Emirates His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan ordered the release of 870 prisoners on Sunday ahead of...

Israeli army recaptures last 2 of 6 prison-break fugitives

19 Sep 2021

Gulf Today Report All six Palestinian fugitives who escaped a high-security Israeli jail through a tunnel dug under a sink are back in custody, closing an intense chapter, after...

Two Swedish prisoners demand pizza in exchange to free jail guard hostages

22 Jul 2021

Mostafa Al Zoubi, Gulf Today A pair of prison guards were held hostage for at least nine hours by two dangerous inmates at a Swedish jail, demanding pizza...

Sheikh Khalifa orders release of 855 prisoners ahead of Eid Al Adha

13 Jul 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter UAE President has pardoned and ordered to release 855 prisoners, who were serving various sentences in different jails, ahead of Eid Al Adha. The gesture...

Myanmar’s junta releases 23,000 prisoners in Buddhist New Year’s amnesty

17 Apr 2021

The junta is planning to release more than 23,000 prisoners nationwide, an official said Saturday, even as the military continues to detain and issue arrest warrants for anti-coup dissidents. ...

UAE President orders the release of 439 prisoners

11 Apr 2021

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has instructed that 439 prisoners should be pardoned, ahead of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The President also...

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