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‘Great day’: Video captures Rubio whispering, passing urgent note to Trump on Israel-Gaza breakthrough; hostages to be freed on Monday

US President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable with conservative influencers about Antifa on Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back of the White House’s Blue Room, got his attention.Rubio said he had news for Trump but it would have to wait until after the media left. Then he handed the […]

‘Deep negotiations with Hamas’: Donald Trump urges release of Israeli hostages; warns of ‘nasty’ situation if not freed

US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said that Washington is holding “very deep” negotiations with Hamas and pressed the group to release all hostages being held in Gaza.“We are in very deep negotiation with Hamas,” Trump told reporters. The US President urged Hamas to release all Israeli hostages immediately, cautioning that failure to […]

Venezuela-US prisoner swap: Freed American was serving 30-year sentence for triple murder; US aware of conviction

One of the ten Americans released from Venezuela last week in a prisoner swap was a convicted killer serving a 30-year sentence, Spanish and Venezuelan officials have confirmed. Dahud Hanid Ortiz was jailed in Venezuela for the 2016 murder of three people inside a Madrid law office. As per Spanish interior minister, the 54-year-old Ortiz, […]

Britain’s prisons at 99% capacity: Recalled inmates to be freed after 28 days, £4.7 billion allocated for ‘record’ expansion

Shabana Mahmood (Source: X) In a move to ease the pressure on Britain’s overflowing jails, justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced emergency measures allowing recalled prisoners to be released after just 28 days.This step is expected to free up 1,400 prison places, reports the Independent.Speaking on Wednesday, Mahmood warned that the prison system is at […]

‘Prayed for this day’: 10 Americans freed from Venezuelan prison in prisoner exchange programme; El Salvador releases over 200 Venezuelans

Ten Americans are on their way back to the US following a prisoner exchange involving the United States, El Salvador, and Venezuela, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced Friday.As part of the prisoner exchange, more than 200 Venezuelan migrants, who were deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration have left […]

‘Committed to bringing every hostage home’: Trump meets freed Hamas hostage Edan Alexander – shares video | World News

Trump meets freed Hamas hostage Edan Alexander US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump met with the last living American hostage held in Gaza on Thursday at the White House. Edan Alexander, 21, is an American-Israeli from New Jersey. He was 19 years old and serving as a soldier in the Israeli military […]

Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil case: Federal judge orders release of pro-Palestinian activist; freed after three months in detention

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University graduate student, from immigration detention after spending more than three months in custody. Khalil was detained in early March as the Trump administration sought to deport him over his alleged involvement in pro-Palestinian protests on campus.The decision was announced by […]

Hong Kong pro-democracy and LGBTQ+ activist Jimmy Sham freed after over four years | World News

Jimmy Sham, a prominent figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy and LGBTQ+ movements, was released from prison on Friday after spending more than four years behind bars in the city’s largest national security case to date, prosecuted under a law imposed by Beijing.Sham gained national attention during the 2019 anti-government protests, when he served as convenor […]

French artist imprisoned in Azerbaijan due to graffiti is freed after 14 months | World News

PARIS: A French street artist who had been sentenced to three years in prison in Azerbaijan for painting a graffiti in the metro has been pardoned and freed, French authorities said Tuesday. Theo Clerc has returned to France following 422 days in detention after he was pardoned by Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, France’s Foreign Minister […]

Far-right anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson freed early from prison after judge notes ‘change in attitude’

Tommy Robinson after being released from jail (Photo: X) British TV channels interrupted their regular broadcast on Tuesday morning after Tommy Robinson was released from prison four months early.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was jailed for 18 months for contempt of court after repeatedly breaching a 2021 injunction. The injunction had been granted […]