Residents in eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, woke up on Monday morning afraid and uncertain about who was in control of ...

Oil and gas production in the United States is hitting record highs, easily outpacing consumption growth and fueling an export boom that in 2020 achieved the country’s first trade surplus in energy ...

Several weeks earlier, the Palawan Massacre took place in the Philippines, where 139 American POWs were killed by Japanese ...

The Arakan Army in Myanmar has admitted its members killed two prisoners of war. A spokesman for the armed group says it has punished those involved and doesn't condone the actions. A Myanmar ...

Israel has released a total of 183 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ...

In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia ordered that all prisoners of the 30 Years War be released “without payment of ransom and without any exception.” Exchanging prisoners was common by the time ...

A soldier who went missing in action during an aquatic mission in World War II has been accounted for, military officials ...

The exchange of hostages for prisoners is a key part of a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas. Fifteen hostages and ...

Hamas has released three male hostages and Israel is to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners as part of a fragile ceasefire agreement that has paused fighting in the Gaza Strip ...

The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel ... attack on Israel that ignited a war, was confirmed by Hamas on Thursday to be dead. He was in his late 50s.