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Kyiv thanked the United States and the United Arab Emirates for facilitating the third stage of the swap.

Perth grandmother Donna Nelson, convicted of attempting to smuggle drugs into Japan, is back in Australia, according to official Japanese sources.

Accused High Country killer Greg Lynn tells a court he has had been attacked with faeces and bodily fluids during his time in custody, as he seeks bail ahead of a trial next year.

Russia has released a jailed US prisoner as Donald Trump's special envoy meets Vladimir Putin.

The vice president called Steve Witkoff "a diplomat" and said he was in Russia to get a job done.

The justices, for now, agreed to continue preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing a policy that would prohibit gender-transition medical treatments.

After Russia released an American prisoner, President Trump’s special envoy praised President Vladimir V. Putin as “a humanitarian.” Our White House and national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, describes how the release comes amid Mr. Trump’s broader shift toward Russia and away from Ukraine.

Russia on Wednesday freed an American who had been jailed for more than four years on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

Authorities in Queensland say restraints are only ever used as a last resort on pregnant prisoners, while advocates call for bans on shackles.

The man failed to return to prison after being allowed to leave on compassionate bail last week.