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Blinken seeks Gaza cease-fire momentum on Mideast trip

Abhinav Thawait

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will use his ninth diplomatic mission to the Middle ...

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed, urge government to get prisoners freed

Abhinav Thawait

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing ...

Ukraine’s divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops

Abhinav Thawait

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost ...

Thousands of Nepalis join Russia’s war effort, enticed by salary and citizenship promises

Abhinav Thawait

Russia has enlisted approximately 15,000 Nepali citizens for its military operations in Ukraine, luring them with the promise of high ...

No more easy deals for Russian convicts freed to fight

Abhinav Thawait

Russia has been releasing prisoners to fight in Ukraine for more than a year, originally offering them a pardon and ...

Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment

Abhinav Thawait

LONDON (AP) — Eighty years ago in one of the most ingenious and audacious acts of defiance of World War ...

Russia ignores Ukraine’s appeal to return bodies of POWs Moscow says are killed in Il-76 crash

Abhinav Thawait

After Russia said Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the recent Il-76 plane crash, Ukraine appealed to return the ...

Russian military says plane carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashes near Ukraine

Abhinav Thawait

A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it ...

Russian military executes Ukrainian POWs near Robotyne, investigation initiated

Abhinav Thawait

Russian forces executed Ukrainian prisoners of war near Robotyne in Zaporizhzhya Oblast in December, leading to Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office ...

Hamas frees eight hostages in exchange for release of more prisoners

Abhinav Thawait

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel released another group of Palestinian prisoners Friday, hours after Hamas freed additional Israeli ...

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