Prisoners 

Court move ahead of spy 'swap'

8 weeks ago

Ten people suspected of spying for Moscow are to face charges in New York as reports mount of a possible swap for Russian prisoners.

Cuba to free political prisoners

8 weeks ago

Cuba agrees to free 52 political prisoners in the largest prisoner release by the communist authorities for decades.

Church says Cuba to free 52 political prisoners

8 weeks ago

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will free 52 political prisoners, Cuba's Catholic church said on Wednesday, in a major concession to international pressure and a possible step toward improved relations with the United States and Europe.

Catholic Church says Cuba offers to free 52 political prisoners

8 weeks ago

Prisoners would also be allowed to leave country; liberation could take three or four months, says church

War still raging for South Korean POWs in North

4 months ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - Somewhere in North Korea, more than 500 South Korean prisoners of war have been held for more than half a century, all but certain to spend their final days in the secretive state without a chance of ever returning home.