New Delhi [India], Jan 1 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged the lists of prisoners and fishermen lodged in jails of the two countries simultaneously as part of a bilateral agreement.
Zacatecas [Mexico], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): An altercation in the Regional center of social reintegration (Cerereso) in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas has left 16 inmates killed and five others injured, the local Public Security Ministry said on Wednesday.
Virginia [US], Dec 31 (ANI): Over thirty prison officers in West Virginia will be fired over a class photo in which the participants made a classic Nazi salute.
Kiev [Ukraine], Dec 31 (ANI): Days after a prisoner swap took place between Ukraine and Russian-backed rebels, Moscow and Kiev signed a gas transit agreement for five years on Tuesday, a deal in which Ukraine is expected to receive USD 7 billion.
Beijing [China], Dec 30 (ANI): A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a Christian pastor of a protestant church to nine years in prison for subversion of state power and illegal business operations.
Beijing [China], Dec 30 (ANI): He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who had shocked the global scientific community with his first genetically edited babies last year, was on Monday sentenced to three years in prison for carrying out "illegal medical practices."
Kiev [Ukraine], Dec 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Kiev will continue working towards returning the Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donbas that were not covered by the latest round of negotiated exchange.
Kyiv [Ukraine], Dec 29 (ANI): The Ukrainian government has completed a prisoner swap with pro-Russian separatists in the country's eastern region after receiving all 76 detainees on Sunday, the Presidential office said.
Kyiv [Ukraine], Dec 29 (ANI): Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday began an all-for-all prisoner swap in a move aimed at de-escalating 5-year long war in the country.
New Delhi [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Indian armed forces not only ensure the protection of human rights of our own people but also of adversaries and deal with the prisoners of war as per the Geneva Conventions, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday.
Tegucigalpa [Honduras], Dec 23 (ANI): At least 18 inmates were killed in a violent clash between prisoners at a jail in central Honduras on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Tihar Jail administration has issued a notice to all four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case stating that they have seven days time to file mercy petition, said Director General (Prison) Sandeep Goel.