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Houthi fighters march during a rally outside Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, January 22.
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Russia pulled back weapons shipment to Houthis amid US and Saudi pressure
US journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan
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Americans Gershkovich and Whelan back home after historic prisoner swap
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Russian citizens released after the Russian-US prisoner swap at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on August 1, 2024.
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Children of undercover Russian spy couple only learned their nationality on flight to Moscow
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan, Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
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Who was freed in major prisoner swap between Russia and the West?
US journalist Evan Gershkovich followed by his mother Ella Milman, smiles as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on August 1.
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August 1: Russia prisoner exchange news
Elizabeth Whelan, right, hugs her brother Paul Whelan at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, August 1, 2024.
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Tears, hugs and a salute as three freed Americans back on US soil after historic prisoner swap with Russia
Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis and videos
Russia creeps toward key eastern Ukrainian supply city
Takeaways from Team USA’s gold medal victory in the women’s team gymnastics final
Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa
Iran using covert influence campaign to undermine Trump candidacy, US intelligence says
US to revamp military forces in Japan in ‘historic’ move as regional tensions mount
Putin says planned US deployment of long-range missiles in Germany is ‘reminiscent’ of Cold War
Hungary’s Orban says Russia stands to gain as ‘irrational’ West loses power
Blinken raises concerns over Beijing’s ‘destabilizing actions’ in South China Sea at meeting with Chinese counterpart
Who was behind the sabotage of France’s railway network? Here’s what we know

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‘Stabbed in the back:’ Family of US citizen not freed in prisoner swap reacts 1:39
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Whelan says his detention was ‘absolute nonsense by the Russian government’ 1:21
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See the moment freed Americans reunite with loved ones 3:49
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‘Trump’s frustration is clear’: Burnett reacts to Trump’s comments about prisoner swap 2:09
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She was held in Russian prison for years. What she wants newly released prisoners to know 1:30
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US official chokes up announcing deal to free Americans 0:30
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)
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WSJ asst. editor on the moment Evan Gershkovich was finally freed 7:39
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What’s motivating Putin? Exiled Russian journalist reacts to prisoner exchange 16:16

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The Wall Street Journal editors and reporters listen to Emma Tucker speak about Evan Gershkovich’s release. The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was released into U.S. custody after a prisoner swap with Russia on August 1, 2024. (Chase Gaewski/WSJ)
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Champagne and cheers: The Wall Street Journal fought for Evan Gershkovich’s release for 16 months. It finally paid off
Hosting the Olympics has become financially untenable, economists say
Don’t help Russia evade sanctions, Ukraine tells Hong Kong
US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva given 6.5 years in Russian jail in swift and secret trial
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years for espionage by Russian court in case denounced by US as a sham

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Houthi fighters march during a rally outside Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday, January 22.
AP
Russia pulled back weapons shipment to Houthis amid US and Saudi pressure
Tears, hugs and a salute as three freed Americans back on US soil after historic prisoner swap with Russia
Biden celebrates prisoner deal and importance of allies in key moment for his legacy
Inside the ‘painstaking’ negotiations that led to the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War
Video ‘Trump’s frustration is clear’: Burnett reacts to Trump’s comments about prisoner swap 2:09