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U.S. officials say they are determined to revive Washington’s peace efforts that so far have failed to deliver significant results.

<p>US envoys to visit Moscow and Dublin on Thursday for talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy respectively</p><p>Russia and Ukraine have agreed to the “largest prisoner exchange” of the war at their first US-brokered talks since February but made little progress towards a broader peace agreement.</p><p>Both sides sent senior delegations to the tw

Russian, Ukrainian, and U.S. negotiators conclude their final day of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Abu Dhabi, their first face-to-face negotiations since February. NBC News’ Keir Simmons reports on the latest developments, including potential agreements on prisoner exchanges and efforts to advance a broader peace deal.

Hundreds more prisoners are being released early this morning, as part of a scheme to ease overcrowding in Britain's jails.

Gavin Newsom’s move – which would reduce the total US death row population by nearly 30 per cent – has sparked angry reactions from families of murder victims and the state’s district attorneys.

Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and B. Karthikeyan order medical examination of four recaptured prisoners by a team of three government doctors.

Justice S.M. Subramaniam, the seniormost judge of Madras High Court, has ordered the inquiry in his capacity as the Executive Chairman of Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority

The secured persons had been detained in Thekkampatti jail and soon they would be moved to central prisons in Palayamkottai (4), Coimbatore (4), Cuddalore (3) and Salem (6).

On Monday night (October 26), 17 remand prisoners, who were detained in a cell, escaped after telling the jail warder that one of the inmates was suffering from epilepsy

<p>ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday said prisoners from Islamabad will be shifted to the new model jail in the capital which is awaiting inauguration by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.</p> <p>Talking to media at the newly-built Islamabad Model Jail at H-16, Mr Naqvi, accompanied by State Minister for Interior Talal Chaudhry, said the jail

C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar rejects political vendetta charge over former DMK Minister Anbil Mahesh’s arrest

C.T.R. Nirmal Kumar rejects political vendetta charge over former DMK Minister Anbil Mahesh’s arrest

Security audit of all prisons had been ordered after the escape of a prisoner in Puzhal recently

Preliminary inquiries had revealed that all 17 inmates were locked in a cell when a few of them had called the warder on duty, claiming that an inmate had suffered a seizure (epilepsy).

Ukrainians held alongside the American say they witnessed beatings and sexual humiliation by Russian guards during his detention.

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

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