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Blinken reiterates calls for the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter
World
April 18, 2023
Blinken reiterates calls for the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday reiterated calls for the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.…
US State Department officially declares journalist Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained by Russia”
World
April 11, 2023
US State Department officially declares journalist Evan Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained by Russia”
Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who is being held in Russia, has been designated as wrongfully detained by the US…
Russia detains US citizen for allegedly committing “indecent acts against a child,” reports state media
World
April 3, 2023
Russia detains US citizen for allegedly committing “indecent acts against a child,” reports state media
A foreign citizen has been detained in St. Petersburg, Russia, for allegedly committing “indecent acts” against a 15-year-old girl, Russia’s…
US had “direct conversations” with Russia on Paul Whelan since Griner’s release, State Department says
World
January 4, 2023
US had “direct conversations” with Russia on Paul Whelan since Griner’s release, State Department says
US officials “have had direct conversations with Russian officials regarding Paul Whelan,” an American wrongfully detained in Russia, since the release…
Brittney Griner is “heartbroken” that Paul Whelan remains detained in Russia
World
December 14, 2022
Brittney Griner is “heartbroken” that Paul Whelan remains detained in Russia
Brittney Griner is “heartbroken” that Paul Whelan is still detained in Russia, her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, told CNN’s Anderson…
More than 2,350 detained across Russia since partial mobilization announcement,
World
September 26, 2022
More than 2,350 detained across Russia since partial mobilization announcement,
More than 2,350 people have been detained across Russia since President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial mobilization, according to the independent…
Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US
World
March 2, 2019
Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US
Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States — the latest move in…
UAE pardons British academic sentenced to life for spying
Middle East
November 26, 2018
UAE pardons British academic sentenced to life for spying
ABU DHABI/DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates on Monday pardoned a British academic jailed for life on spying…
UAE signals jailed UK academic could be freed in ‘amicable solution’
Middle East
November 23, 2018
UAE signals jailed UK academic could be freed in ‘amicable solution’
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates signaled on Friday a British academic it jailed for life on spying…
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson denied prison release for 4th time
Egypt
November 9, 2018
Hassan al-Banna’s grandson denied prison release for 4th time
A French appeals court rejected an appeal by influential Islamic reformist Tariq Ramadan on Thursday, denying his fourth request…