Foreign Prisoners

President Vladimir Putin late on Thursday met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners' exchange deal, at Vnukovo Airport here.

UK Foreign minister David Cameron said Wednesday that London had imposed sanctions on six officials at the head of the Siberian penal colony where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died.

The EU's top foreign policy official Josep Borrell called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is due to end on Tuesday.

A total of 39 Palestinians held by Israel are to be released from prison on Sunday, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said.

Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.

Iran hopes that a prisoner swap with the United States will go ahead Monday, once Tehran gains access to $6 billion frozen by US ally South Korea, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

These included 398 Indian fishermen and 5 Indian civilian prisoners who have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, so far.

Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was among some of the top leaders of Imran Khan's party to be arrested following the May 9 violent protests, was released from a Rawalpindi prison on Tuesday following a court order.

Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said the country will release 200 Indian fishermen and three civilian prisoners.

Parents of children caught viewing foreign films will be sent to labour camps for six months while children will serve five years of imprisonment.

As many as 8,343 Indian prisoners, including undertrials, are lodged in various jails around the world, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was set to be released from prison on Friday, jail authorities and his lawyer said.

Saifullah Paracha was arrested by US intelligence personnel from Thailand in 2003 on the charge of having links to Al-Qaeda.

The Taliban handed an American navy veteran detained for more than two years to the United States today, in return for the release of a key ally, Afghanistan's foreign minister said.

The new Taiwan proposed bill will prohibit Chinese espionage from stealing information on ‘core’ technologies’. The amendments will include increased prison time and fine for people working with foreign entities with a motive to steal information.

President Vladimir Putin late on Thursday met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners' exchange deal, at Vnukovo Airport here.

UK Foreign minister David Cameron said Wednesday that London had imposed sanctions on six officials at the head of the Siberian penal colony where Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny died.

The EU's top foreign policy official Josep Borrell called for an extension of the truce in the Gaza Strip, which is due to end on Tuesday.

A total of 39 Palestinians held by Israel are to be released from prison on Sunday, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said.

Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.

Iran hopes that a prisoner swap with the United States will go ahead Monday, once Tehran gains access to $6 billion frozen by US ally South Korea, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

These included 398 Indian fishermen and 5 Indian civilian prisoners who have been repatriated from Pakistan this year, so far.

Pakistan's former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was among some of the top leaders of Imran Khan's party to be arrested following the May 9 violent protests, was released from a Rawalpindi prison on Tuesday following a court order.

Pakistan Minister of Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said the country will release 200 Indian fishermen and three civilian prisoners.

Parents of children caught viewing foreign films will be sent to labour camps for six months while children will serve five years of imprisonment.

As many as 8,343 Indian prisoners, including undertrials, are lodged in various jails around the world, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders of young foreigners in the 1970s across Asia, was set to be released from prison on Friday, jail authorities and his lawyer said.

Saifullah Paracha was arrested by US intelligence personnel from Thailand in 2003 on the charge of having links to Al-Qaeda.

The Taliban handed an American navy veteran detained for more than two years to the United States today, in return for the release of a key ally, Afghanistan's foreign minister said.

The new Taiwan proposed bill will prohibit Chinese espionage from stealing information on ‘core’ technologies’. The amendments will include increased prison time and fine for people working with foreign entities with a motive to steal information.