U.S. Journalist Goes on Trial in Russia
Putin is hoping to exchange the reporter for a Russian prisoner held in the West.
Putin is hoping to exchange the reporter for a Russian prisoner held in the West.
Giving in to Hamas’ blackmail would only lead to more violence, Israel argues, but ramps up diplomatic efforts to free the two hundred hostages trapped in Gaza and largely forgotten by the West.
In what appears to be another example of hostage diplomacy, Tehran is demanding Sweden’s release of a jailed Iranian official behind the massacre of political dissidents in the 1980s.
A Belgian man accused of espionage and an Iranian diplomat accused of a bomb plot have been liberated through Oman’s mediation.
Last January, Belgian NGO worker Olivier Vandecasteele was sentenced to 40 years in prison on what Brussels has declared as ‘sham’ espionage charges.
An Iranian court ruled that Vandecasteele had engaged in spying for the U.S. government, currency smuggling, and money laundering; charges which he and his government deny.
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