Jimmy Carter had failed to secure the release of the Iran hostages.
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Trump's overtures to Kim undoubtedly helped secure the release of the three prisoners.
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Kim Kardashian West has helped secure the release of another man from prison.
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The bulk of that came from efforts to secure the release of French captives.
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Corker last visited Venezuela in May to secure the release of jailed U.S. citizen Joshua Holt.
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Trump directed the Secretary to take all appropriate measures to secure the release of the Americans.
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Tehran also denied that it had made any commitments to secure the release of the tanker.
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In 1980, gunmen seized the embassy to try to secure the release of Iranian political prisoners.
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It is long past time to secure the release of Americans detained, deeply unfairly, in Iran.
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Widodo thanked the Philippines government and the various parties who helped secure the release of the hostages.
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The organization is part of a group attempting to secure the release of the two Iraqi refugees.
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They hoped to secure the release of guerrilla comrades held in a high security prison in Stuttgart.
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Mr. Buhari had promised to secure the release of all of the girls during his previous campaign.
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He added that Ukraine's security council was taking all necessary measures to secure the release of those captured.
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Buhari said last month that the government was in talks to secure the release of the remaining captives.
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At least one policeman has been killed by gunfire as officials work to secure the release of hostages.
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Another potential case supporting Priebus accusation is the Obama administration's effort to secure the release of Army Sgt.
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In order to secure the release of the money, Argentina must agree to deep cuts in government spending.
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Trump also mentioned his administration's successful efforts to secure the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson from Turkey.
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Ohana could decide to hold Burkov in Israel as the country's leaders try to secure the release of Issachar.
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The Trump administration is also engaged in efforts to secure the release of three Americans imprisoned in North Korea.
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Just last week, Pompeo made a secret trip to North Korea to secure the release of three American detainees.
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Last year, Nigeria's government agreed to pay millions of euros to secure the release of some of the Chibok girls.
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During that trip, he also helped secure the release of three Americans who had been held captive in the country.
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He infuriated Turkish officials while working with Trump to secure the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson from a Turkish prison.
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President Trump directs Secretary Tillerson to take all appropriate measures to secure the release of American hostages in North Korea.
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Negotiations with Tunisian authorities to secure the release of the pilot were under way, the ministry said in a statement.
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An initial reimbursement was released after the Iran deal was implemented and to help secure the release of American hostages.
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They pointed to the administration's successful efforts to secure the release of Americans held in Venezuela, North Korea and Egypt.
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But Carter's laser focus did, at last, secure the release of the 52 hostages, at the cost of his presidency.
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The payment helped secure the release of three American hostages in 2016, but it stemmed from a decades-long dispute.
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"Efforts are being intensified to secure the release of all hostages, not just the Chibok girls," said presidential spokesman Garba Shehu.
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State Department officials said the governments of both Russia and the Czech Republic had helped secure the release of Mr. Dawes.
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"Canada is very pleased that efforts undertaken to secure the release of Colin Rutherford from captivity have been successful," Dion said.
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Mr. Goldstein said the State Department had been working to secure the release of the Namazis and others held in Iran.
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Oliver North set up a secret channel to the Iranians to secure the release of the American hostages held by Hezbollah.
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He twice sought the Democratic presidential nomination and has acted as an emissary to secure the release of Americans held abroad.
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It's possible that Pence would have tried to secure the release of the three American hostages in North Korea, Manning said.
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Jesse Jackson of violating the act in 1984 when Jackson visited Moscow in an attempt to secure the release of a dissident.
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The State Department said Thursday that it was not aware of any deal to secure the release of the pastor, Reuters reported.
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Trump was able to help secure the release of three UCLA basketball players, appealing directly to Xi to look into the matter.
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He was dispatched to Sweden recently to help secure the release of the American rapper A$AP Rocky, who had been arrested.
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Feature Qatar went to extreme lengths to secure the release of a captured hunting party — including a disastrous population transfer in Syria.
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One was the sale of weapons to Iran, despite an embargo, purportedly to secure the release of American hostages held in Lebanon.
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It's a pattern that forces U.S. officials to expend resources, time and political capital to try to secure the release of these Americans.
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Wakefield said the only way Tanzania could secure the release of the plane was if it put up security or paid the debt.
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Buhari's government has repeatedly promised to secure the release of the Chibok girls, and in October the president said efforts would be "redoubled".
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community "to do whatever it can" to secure the release of two Reuters journalists.
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Nor has Rouhani fulfilled his promise in 2013 to secure the release of political prisoners, Nader says, including opposition leaders under house arrest.
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Trump made the comments after his negotiations with the Egyptian president to secure the release of 30-year-old charity worker Aya Hijazi.
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In April, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered a prisoner swap to secure the release of jailed Iranians in the United States.
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His efforts helped secure the release of a few hostages, but the incident ended with a special-forces operation that left scores dead.
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Police are working with community and religious leaders to investigate the situation and to secure the release of the 20 or so remaining hostages.
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Poroshenko has said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Savchenko from prison.
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Working to secure the release of people who call for peace, and are trying to build democracy in the region, would serve that aim.
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"We are forever indebted to Lebanese General Abbas Ibrahim and to all others who helped secure the release of our son," the Goodwins added.
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Outreach to Syria by President Trump's administration shows how far it has been willing to go to secure the release of Americans held abroad.
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About O'Brien: Tapped in 2018 as the chief hostage negotiator for the State Department, O'Brien has worked to secure the release of Americans abroad.
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He says that while he was in charge, he was able to secure the release of 35 Davidians — but none of them were Koresh's children.
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Austin Tice: The Trump administration set up a backchannel to try and secure the release of the journalist, who is being held hostage in Syria.
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Trump also said that his administration is "in the midst of some very big negotiations" in an effort to secure the release of other individuals.
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Ukraine is hoping to secure the release of dozens of prisoners, including 24 sailors who were detained by Russia in the Kerch Strait last year.
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Mr. Trump did secure the release of three Americans held prisoner by North Korea, much as President Barack Obama did with prisoners during his tenure.
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The Indian government said it was in touch with its counterparts in Iran to try to secure the release of the ship's Indian crew members.
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Gail Gove, chief counsel of Reuters, said retaining Clooney would strengthen the company's international legal expertise and broaden efforts to secure the release of the reporters.
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France and Italy, both members of the G7, are known for paying ransoms in order to secure the release of citizens who have been kidnapped abroad.
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Yun traveled to North Korea last June to help secure the release of comatose American student Otto Warmbier, whose detention and subsequent death further soured relations.
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As a start, it is crucial to secure the release of the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia.
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Uncommon Law, run by Keith Wattley, a lawyer in Oakland, has helped secure the release of about 210 inmates, 225 percent of the total they've represented.
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Sherzai remained close to the U.S. military leadership and often intervened in support of detainees; he had already helped secure the release of Mohmand, Tuwazuh's owner.
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His envoy achieved Canada's objective to secure the release of one of its citizens held in North Korea for the past two and a half years.
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Next month Formula One racing is scheduled in Bahrain; if the Formula One management fails to secure the release of Ms.Yousif, it should cancel the race.
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Only after he was freed was Kildee willing to disclose the back-channel role he had played in U.S. negotiations to secure the release of American prisoners.
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His work as an ambassador for peace extends as far back as 1985, when he flew to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages.
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Some of their relatives told CNN that this new video underlines that the Nigerian government needs to act urgently to secure the release of the missing girls.
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After receiving $3 million in funding, a "decarceration" phone app called Promise, aims to secure the release of poor people awaiting trial or sentencing, through remote monitoring.
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Conway takes the bait and asks why Frank stepped in before he could secure the release of James Miller, the American man beheaded by domestic ICO terrorists.
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In further comments to Broadly, Amnesty spokesperson Felix Jaken criticizes the British authorities for not doing enough to secure the release of the detained British-Iranian nationals.
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Portman also thanked the State Department for its work in securing Warmbier's release and urged it to secure the release of other Americans held in the country.
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Mr. Worth's story shifts the blame for violent acts against innocents in the region from extremist groups onto Qatar's efforts to secure the release of the abductees.
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He said last week en route to Myanmar that during his visit he intended to secure the release of the Reuters journalists, who were seized in December.
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The president suggested that he might intervene to secure the release of a prominent Chinese businesswoman arrested in Canada at the request of American authorities on Dec.
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The University of Tehran was working to track and secure the release of its students who had been detained, according to the semiofficial Iranian Students' News Agency.
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His role as an ambassador of peace started in 1985, Hana Ali said, when he traveled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four American hostages.
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Japan is still trying to secure the release of Japanese abducted to North Korea decades ago, a major dispute between the two countries that have no diplomatic relations.
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President Trump on Thursday praised the Pakistani government for helping secure the release of a North American family that had been held hostage by a Taliban-linked group.
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That same year, Mr. Clinton traveled to North Korea and met with Kim Jong-il to secure the release of two American journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
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"While your agency continues to deny it made a ransom payment to secure the release of American hostages, the facts clearly suggest otherwise," Blunt wrote in the letter.
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Nigeria thanked Switzerland and the International Committee of the Red Cross for helping secure the release of the 82 girls after "lengthy negotiations", the presidency said in a statement.
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Washington (CNN)New details are emerging about US efforts to secure the release of American college student Otto Warmbier after more than 17 months in detention in North Korea.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday also demanded a fast and fair judicial process to secure the release of a German-Turkish journalist jailed in Turkey a year ago.
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Trump helped to secure the release of the players but then attacked Ball for not expressing proper gratitude, which Brown said was the last straw for him regarding Trump.
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Kim Kardashian West on Friday announced that she and her attorney helped secure the release of another low-level drug offender who spent more than two decades behind bars.
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Since a new hostage policy was announced in 2015, where the US coordinates agencies to secure the release of hostages, six have been released, and none died in captivity.
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He helped secure the release of American prisoners from North Korea, and when he greeted them at the airport, he didn't even say, 'Wait, I thought they were Americans.
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If a special envoy can be used to secure the release of the rapper ASAP Rocky, surely one can be used for Mr. Whelan, congressional staff members have said.
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Releasing them might secure the release of Malaysia's own citizens, but police have made it clear that they're not going to let the North Koreans within the embassy leave easily.
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This starts by doing more to secure the release of the hundreds still being held, including the remaining Chibok girls and Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi girl still in captivity.
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Ryan Lochte, the most outspoken about the alleged robbery, is already in the United States and Jimmy Feigen was still in Brazil hoping to secure the release of his passport.
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Last spring, in one of his administration's most clear-cut foreign policy achievements, Mr. Trump helped secure the release of Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker imprisoned in Egypt.
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Mr. Giuliani in 2017 was separately paid to try to secure the release of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who has been a key suspect in the case.
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Time is short for the Americans held on wrongful charges in Iran and President Trump administration must find a way to secure the release of prisoners being held as pawns.
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With that in mind, he should use the leverage he has to secure the release of the American and other Western hostages held by the Haqqanis in exchange for Anas Haqqani.
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What Trump could do to help Caitlan Coleman addressed President-elect Donald Trump directly in a video released last month, urging him to secure the release of her and her family.
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It's widely believed that El Chapo betrayed the youngest Beltrán-Leyva brother to secure the release of his son Archivaldo, who was freed by Mexican authorities 90 days after Alfredo's capture.
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"(The government) is in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed," President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement.
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First, according to some reports, Saudi Arabia was infuriated by a complicated ransom deal Qatar did in April to secure the release of nearly 30 prominent Qatari citizens held in Iraq.
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"We hope to see this type of cooperation and teamwork in helping secure the release of remaining hostages and in our future joint counterterrorism operations," Trump said in an earlier statement.
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Behind the scenes, diplomatic dialog is going to be kicked into high gear to gain greater understanding as to the charges being brought forward and to secure the release of Meng.
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Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, who had arrived at JFK by early Saturday afternoon to try and secure the release of the two Iraqis, railed against Trump's order and pledged continued action.
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Nydia Velazquez, D-New York, who had arrived at JFK by early Saturday afternoon to try and secure the release of the two Iraqis, railed against Trump's order and pledged continued action.
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Former President Bill Clinton did travel to North Korea in 2009 and met with Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, to secure the release of detained American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
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Clinton was also shown to have staunchly supported the closure of Guantanamo and to have praised her colleagues for working to secure the release of a high-profile detainee named Omar Khadr.
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And he has been involved in the administration's most sensitive foreign policy issues, namely traveling with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in early May to secure the release of three American hostages.
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Our UCLA sources tell us, the University has deep ties with China for various reasons, and school officials are using their influence to try and secure the release of the 3 players.
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The incident led to mass protests in the capital, when people took to the streets to secure the release of a jailed opposition politician and resignation of the government and the president.
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari told African Union's security council meeting in Addis Ababa on Monday that his government was working to secure the release of all children and citizens held by terrorists.
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JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to secure the release of a U.S.-Israeli woman being held in Russia on drugs charges, his office said on Friday.
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Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration was doing all it can to secure their release, including working with international negotiators, who helped to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
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To secure the release of Mr. Abedini and other Americans held by Iran, Mr. Obama freed seven Iranian and Iranian-American men charged with or convicted of violating sanctions against the Islamic republic.
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Qatar denies trying to pay ransom money to secure the release of the hostages, although foreign minister al-Thani said it sent money "to support the authorities in the release of Qatari abductees".
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"The government is in constant touch through negotiations, through local intelligence, to secure the release of the remaining girls and other abducted persons unharmed," Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement Thursday.
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Mr Maduro has already suggested that all legislation that he disagrees with, including a proposed amnesty to secure the release of scores of political prisoners, will be deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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Last week, Trudeau received a boost when his high-level pressuring of Chinese officials helped secure the release of Canadian Kevin Garratt, who spent two years in jail and was convicted of spying.
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Clapper said he got a good taste of how the world looks from North Korea's viewpoint when he went to Pyongyang on a mission in 2014 to secure the release of two Americans.
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It's the second high-profile move by Krasner in a few weeks, after his office helped secure the release of rapper Meek Mill, whose case became a cause celebré for reformists across the country.
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An emailed statement from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan said the organization had established contacts and was working to secure the release of its staff, who were detained on Tuesday.
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The official told South Korea's Yonhap News Agency that Pompeo was expected to secure the release of three prisoners being held by the country: Kim Dong Chul, Kim Sang Duk and Kim Hak Song.
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The fighting erupted on Monday after one of the city's many armed groups launched an attack at Mitiga Airport in an apparent effort to secure the release of prisoners held in an adjacent prison.
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U.S. diplomats ultimately used diplomatic channels opened during the nuclear negotiations to secure the release of Hekmati and three other American citizens in exchange for several Iranian and dual U.S.-Iranian nationals in American prisons.
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Government officials are trying to secure the release of at least 170 civilians and 20 members of the security forces who were taken hostage by Taliban from three buses in the northern province of Kunduz.
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Clapper said he got a good taste of how the world looks from North Korea's viewpoint when he went to Pyongyang on a mission in 2014 to secure the release of two Americans held there.
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Buying back ransomed slaves The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), a semi-autonomous body that governs Kurdish-controlled regions in northern Iraq, says it is spending millions of dollars to secure the release of Yazidi slaves.
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Editorial The first thing to know about the latest controversy over the Iran nuclear deal is that the Obama administration did not pay $400 million in "ransom" to secure the release of three American detainees.
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On Wednesday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sounded a more conciliatory tone, saying there were no plans to cut diplomatic ties as he attempts to secure the release of 11 Malaysians stuck in North Korea.
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The Trump administration redoubled efforts to secure the release of the Namazis after the death of Otto Warmbier last June shortly after he was released from more than 16 months of captivity in North Korea.
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She and Kim — who stands accused of orchestrating a 20093 attack on a South Korean ship that killed around 50 sailors — actually met before when Hooker tried to secure the release of American hostages in 2014.
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"Stena Bulk and Northern Marine Management continue to hold dialogue with all the governments and authorities directly involved in order to secure the release of crew and vessel," the companies said in a statement on Thursday.
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"To secure the release of the remaining girls would require concessions by the Nigerian government, which could reverse significant gains it has made against Boko Haram," said Ryan Cummings, director of risk management consultancy Signal Risk.
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In addition to the implementation of the international nuclear accord and a prisoner swap to secure the release of five Americans, the Obama administration also sent Iran $1.7 billion that it had been owed for decades.
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Mr. Dean later used his contacts within the Palestine Liberation Organization to help secure the release of some of the more than 50 hostages taken by Iranian revolutionaries in 1979 at the American Embassy in Tehran.
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In 1995, Richardson negotiated with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to secure the release of two Americans detained after straying over the border from Kuwait and he frequently acted as a go-between with Communist North Korea.
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Over the past week, Mr. Trump had criticized the Obama administration for failing to secure the release of the three men, who had been held on charges of committing espionage or "hostile acts" against North Korea.
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For months after Mr. Trump took office, North Korea was uncharacteristically reticent about assailing him, possibly because of his administration's secret diplomatic attempts to ease tensions and secure the release of Americans held in the North.
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Any reshuffle would come just as Ukraine is trying to secure the release of billions of dollars in loans from the International Monetary Fund, which is contingent on Kiev's progress in passing reforms and tackling graft.
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Any reshuffle would come just as Ukraine is trying to secure the release of billions of dollars in loans from the International Monetary Fund, a move contingent on Kiev's progress in passing reforms and tackling graft.
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The administration is racing to secure the release of American hostages in Afghanistan, including an American woman and her Canadian husband, who were abducted in 2012 by the Haqqani network, a powerful faction of the Taliban.
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Meanwhile, one-time CIA agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is working behind the scenes to thwart those actions, and help secure the release of the 200, members of the intelligence community that Keane had rounded up.
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While she stands front and center, the narrative unfolds on multiple fronts, including legal efforts to secure the release of Dassey, whose taped interrogation and confession remains among the most damning aspects of the original investigation.
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community "to do whatever it can" to secure the release of two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.
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Nur's death has caused "fragmentation" in the ranks, says a negotiator who was involved in trying to secure the release of the two murdered aid workers (and a third captive, from UNICEF, who may still be alive).
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At the same time, Trump could also pressure the Pakistani government, which has long had ties to the Haqqani Network, to secure the release of the American, Canadian and Australian hostages that the terrorist group is holding.
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Australia is also now working to secure the release of a Uighur Australian baby boy whose father believes he's at risk of being sent to a state-run orphanage, in a case first reported by BuzzFeed News.
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HOUSTON – The attorney taking on President Donald Trump over his alleged affair with an adult film actress has appeared in Houston immigration court to try to secure the release of a 9-year-old boy from Guatemala.
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In the letter, released by the Iranian U.N. mission, Zarif asked Ban to help secure the release of frozen Iranian assets in U.S. banks and persuade Washington to stop interfering with Iran's international commercial and financial transactions.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's top court on Monday struck down an amnesty law approved last month by the opposition-dominated Congress, scuttling an effort by critics of President Nicolas Maduro to secure the release of jailed opposition activists.
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Asked about a tweet from Trump on Wednesday blaming Obama for failing to secure the release of three hostages from North Korea, despite two of the hostages being taken during the Trump administration, Conway dismissed the question.
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The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), a group that represents Nigeria's minority Shi'ite Muslims, has said they will continue protesting until they secure the release of their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, who has been in detention since 2015.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - The head of the Australian soccer players union wants the sport's regional governing body to help secure the release of a Bahraini refugee footballer arrested in Thailand in November over a prison sentence in his homeland.
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community "to do whatever it can" to secure the release of two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.
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In its statement on Wednesday, Smurfit confirmed the government had taken control of Smurfit Kappa Carton de Venezuela for 90 days and said the company was making all possible efforts to secure the release of its two employees.
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Between the lines: President Trump thought he already had a deal last month to secure the release of Brunson, who faces dubious terrorism charges in Turkey, and was infuriated when the pastor was instead moved to house arrest.
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Comey's latest tweet, referencing the late businessman Arnold Glasow, comes hours after President Trump lashed out at LaVar Ball for not thanking Trump for helping secure the release of three UCLA basketball players from shoplifting charges in China.
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Hearings are planned in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Americans held in Iran and several bills have been introduced in the Senate and the House to secure the release of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
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After Addis Ababa announced that Prime Minister Abiy was due to visit Asmara, elders from Bezabih's home town of Hossana in southern Ethiopia sought to meet the leader to urge him to secure the release of prisoners including Bezabih.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from a 22-year jail sentence in Russia.
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YEREVAN/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Armed men seized a police station and hostages in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday, killing one police officer in the process before demanding Armenians take to the streets to secure the release of jailed opposition politicians.
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"I will shortly attend a COBR (national security) meeting to review what we know and what we can do to swiftly secure the release of the two vessels - a British-flagged vessel and a Liberian-flagged vessel," he said.
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That politicians sometimes peddle lies is not news: think of Ronald Reagan's fib that his administration had not traded weapons with Iran in order to secure the release of hostages and to fund the efforts of rebels in Nicaragua.
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The last high-level contact between Yun and the North Koreans was when he traveled to North Korea in June to secure the release of Warmbier, who died shortly after he returned home in a coma, the official said.
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He marshaled his administration's diplomatic resources and his own personal energies to secure the release of Otto Warmbier, the American student held by Pyongyang for 17 months for trying to filch a propaganda poster as a North Korean souvenir.
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Iran rebuffed effort to secure hostage release The Iranians also rebuffed a recent effort by the US to secure the release of an 82-year-old American citizen, Baquer Namazi, who has been detained in Iran for more than three years.
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American citizens in North Korea have sometimes been used as a tool to put pressure on the American government, analysts say, with North Korea forcing visits by high-level officials or former leaders to secure the release of the detainees.
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"We will have to further cut back our joint economic cooperation with Turkey and scrutinize projects," Merkel told the Passauer Neuen Presse newspaper in an interview when asked how she wants to secure the release of Germans held in Turkey.
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"We hope this situation can be resolved swiftly and will continue to hold an open dialogue with all involved governments and authorities to secure the release of the crew and vessel," Stena Bulk and Northern Marine Management said in a statement.
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U.S. diplomat Brett McGurk spoke with CNN about the 14-month secret negotiations he undertook to eventually secure the release of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, former Marine Amir Hekmati, pastor Saeed Abedini and Nosratollah Khosravi-Roodsari over the weekend.
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Trump revealed Tuesday that Pompeo was on his way to North Korea to further set the stage for the summit with Kim, spurring intense speculation that the new top U.S. diplomat would also secure the release of the three men.
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"It was very complicated because there were lots of different pieces at stake and moving parts," said Kerry, referring to months of dual-track negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program, while also trying to secure the release of the prisoners.
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It's not clear how many of them were students, but the University of Tehran was working, at one point, to track and secure the release of its students who had been detained, according to the semiofficial Iranian Students' News Agency.
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The motion, which was backed by the Social Democrats, the far-right Freedom Party and the liberal Neos, also called on Austria to work to secure the release of Qureiris, who rights groups say has been held since he was 13.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community "to do whatever it can" to secure the release of two Reuters journalists detained in Myanmar and ensure press freedom in the country, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday.
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In recent weeks, senior Canadian officials have expressed annoyance that the United States, a critical ally, is not doing enough to help secure the release of the two detained Canadians — Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman.
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Trump administration officials tell Axios they are banking that his position will change if and when Turkey's economy starts suffering the way it did last time Trump hit the country with sanctions to secure the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump named Robert O'Brien on Wednesday as his latest White House national security adviser, picking a lawyer who has worked to secure the release of hostages to replace John Bolton, with whom Trump parted acrimoniously.
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Oleg Sentsov, who has been on hunger strike since May 14, wants to highlight Russia's human rights record at a time when it is in the global spotlight, and also to secure the release of other Ukrainians jailed in Russia.
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"Turkey is moving away from the path of the rule of law at a very fast speed," Merkel said, adding her government would do everything it could to secure the release of Germans detained in Turkey, who Berlin says are innocent.
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The last high-level contact between Yun and the North Koreans was when he traveled to North Korea in June to secure the release of Warmbier, who died shortly after he returned home in a coma, the State Department official said.
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The governments of the United States and Canada have an opportunity to secure the release of the Coleman-Boyle family, and the three other Westerners held by the Haqqanis, by interceding with the government of Afghanistan to negotiate an exchange for Anas Haqqani.
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The United States and Canada have an opportunity to secure the release of Coleman, Boyle and their sons by interceding with the Afghan government to negotiate an exchange for Anas Haqqani, who is not regarded as a leader of the Haqqani Network.
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Trump prides himself on the art of the deal, so he could use the leverage he has to secure the release of the American and other Western hostages that are held by the Haqqanis in exchange for the release of Anas Haqqani.
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CAIRO, July 28 (Reuters) - Egypt is required to take eight reform measures to secure the release of the second tranche of its $1.5 billion African Development Bank loan and hopes to secure approval from the lender in September, finance ministry officials said.
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In August, President Trump sanctioned Turkish Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gul and Minister of the Interior Suleyman Soylu in an as-yet unsuccessful effort to secure the release of an American clergyman implausibly accused of involvement in the failed 2016 Turkish coup attempt.
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Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing claimed responsibility for the kidnapping Friday, saying the operation was part of a bid to secure the release of its imprisoned fighters, according to an audio recording translated by the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks jihadi activity online.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a phone call on Thursday that the United States stands by Canada's efforts to secure the release of its citizens detained in China, the White House said in a statement.
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"I will shortly attend a COBR meeting to review what we know and what we can do to swiftly secure the release of the two vessels," Hunt said in a Friday statement, referring to meetings of top officials in Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms.
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In 1986, acting under the independent counsel provision of the now-expired Ethics in Government Act, Lawrence Walsh investigated the Reagan administration's sales of weapons to Iran to secure the release of U.S. hostages and to fund Nicaraguan rebels known as Contras.
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According to the final report by Lawrence E. Walsh, the independent counsel investigating the Iran-contra affair, Mr. Clarridge testified that he had no knowledge that cargo ships sent to Iran to help secure the release of American hostages contained any weapons.
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Hijazi, a charity worker who spent three years imprisoned in Egypt, returned to the U.S. after the Trump administration worked behind the scenes for weeks to secure the release of her and husband Mohamed Hassanein, as well as four other humanitarian workers.
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Issachar appears to be trapped in the middle of a diplomatic dispute over which she has no control, as Russia tries to secure the release of Aleksey Burkov, an IT specialist wanted in the United States on charges of hacking and credit card fraud.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government said on Monday it was doing all it could to secure the release of a Japanese journalist being held hostage by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, after an apparent photograph of the man was posted on the internet.
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Jimmy Carter traveled to North Korea to win the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, an American accused of illegally entering the country in 2010, and Bill Clinton went to North Korea to secure the release of journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee in 2009.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders offered Ukraine more aid at a summit on Thursday after Russia's seized its ships off Crimea but calls to punish Moscow with more sanctions went unheeded for now as Berlin and Paris try to secure the release of captured sailors.
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New details are being reported about the secret efforts to secure the release of American college student Otto Warmbier, who suffered brain damage and died after being held captive in North Korea for 15 months after an ill-fated trip to the country in 2015.
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Chancellor Merkel&aposs efforts to send more than $400 million to the mullah regime echoes the Obama administration's 2016 delivery of $1.7 billion in cash to Tehran, as part of a ransom to secure the release of American hostages held by the Islamic Republic.
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ABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A Nigerian lawyer who helped to secure the release of dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was on Monday announced the winner of a U.N. prize for providing an education to children uprooted by violence in northeast Nigeria.
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In addition to the implementation of the international nuclear accord and a prisoner swap to secure the release of five Americans, the Obama administration in early 2016 also sent Iran $1.7 billion to resolve a dispute surrounding an arms deal signed just before the 85033 Islamic Revolution.
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"I can tell you that people here in the Foreign Office and across government have been working very hard over the last 19 months to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and indeed to solve some other very difficult consular cases in Iran," Johnson said.
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How that happened... Trump and Erdogan met on the sidelines of last month's NATO summit, and Trump left under the impression that he and Erdogan had reached a deal: the U.S. would secure the release of a Turkish woman held in Israel, and Turkey would release Brunson.
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"Negotiations to secure the release of Ms. Phan-Gillis intensified during Secretary Tillerson's visit to Beijing in March 2017," the group said in a statement about her release, adding that the White House had helped the State Department "in bringing the negotiations to a successful conclusion."
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"The Secretary-General has expressed his concern at the erosion of the press freedom in Myanmar and he has called for the international community to do whatever it can to secure the release of the journalists and to ensure press freedom in the country," Dujarric said.
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The notion of making concessions to a hostile adversary to secure the release of one's fellow citizens has always been controversial, pitting the innate longing to win their freedom against the risk that handing over money or releasing prisoners in exchange will only encourage the captors to seize more.
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper's testimony comes after a coalition of Iranian-American groups sent a letter last week to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to do more to secure the release of American businessman Siamak Namazi, who is still being held by Iran.
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As he prepares to travel to Vietnam later this spring, Obama should press Hanoi to secure the release of over 100 political prisoners and communicate clearly that further improvements in economic and military ties cannot occur without significant reforms, including the repeal of draconian laws, and steps toward democratic elections.
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Asked whether Britain's payment of its debt to Iran could play a part in the case, Mr. Ejei was quoted as saying that any country would try to secure the release of its citizens imprisoned in another country and that "we would do the same if we have any imprisoned abroad."
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"The Secretary-General has expressed his concern at the erosion of the press freedom in Myanmar and he has called for the international community to do whatever it can to secure the release of the journalists and to ensure press freedom in the country," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said last week.
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The U.S. State Department said it could not confirm the authenticity of the video, and would not comment further, citing privacy concerns, while Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was working closely with other governments to secure the release of an Australian man kidnapped in Afghanistan in August 2016.
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On this Father's Day, I imagine my father's prayers will be reaching for a peaceful way to secure the release of those two American hikers, Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer; not because they are from one nation, but rather because they are united by the same cause and are brothers in humanity.
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Previous high-level visits occurred in 2000, when then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor, and again in 2014, when then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper visited the country to secure the release of two Americans: Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller.
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WASHINGTON – A secret backchannel led by a veteran Republican Senate staffer and a flamboyant Venezuelan official nicknamed "Dracula" broke through hostile relations between the two governments to secure the release of American prisoner Joshua Holt, who traveled to the South American country for love and ended up in jail, without a trial, for two years.
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Emails showed that Clinton staunchly supported the closure of Guantanamo and praised her colleagues for working to secure the release of a high-profile detainee named Omar Khadr — one of the youngest detainees held captive at Guantanamo — who pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for throwing a grenade that killed a US Army medic.
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In 2009, former President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Buckingham Palace: Any suggestion Prince Andrew was involved in Epstein scandal 'abhorrent' The magic of majority rule in elections MORE met with Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, to secure the release of two detained American journalists.
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" Secretary John Kerry, who had been leading American efforts in the Iran nuclear negotiations and helped secure the release of the Americans as a byproduct of the deal — though the two weren't said to be directly tied — said on Twitter, "For over a year, we have raised the cases of American citizens unjustly detained in Iran at every opportunity.
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One month later, then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper visited Pyongyang to secure the release of Korean-American missionary Kenneth Bae, accused of evangelizing and committing "crimes aimed to topple the DPRK with hostility toward it," and American Matthew Todd Miller, accused of "hostile acts" after he arrived in Pyongyang requesting asylum and tearing up his visa.
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The Dui Hua Foundation, a group based in San Francisco that seeks to secure the release of political prisoners in China, said on Tuesday that this was the first time in the 25-year history of the working group that it had judged that an American citizen had been deprived of rights and arbitrarily detained by the Chinese government.
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American forces are also hoping to secure the release of two hostages, American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, who were taken in 2016, according to the AP. A new strategy: In July, it was reported that the Trump administration had ordered U.S. troops to withdraw from remote regions of the country to avoid Taliban and other militant attacks.
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NBC reported Friday that there were deep divisions between Trump's top advisers over whether to press ahead with the summit — particularly between the hawkish Bolton, who has publicly advocated for regime change in North Korea, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has visited Pyongyang twice, met with Kim and helped secure the release of three detained Americans.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and adviser to Mr. Trump, also was involved in the matter in 2016 and 2017, trying to secure the release of one suspect in the case, in a possible prisoner swap with a pastor whom Turkey was holding on espionage charges that the United States claimed were fabricated.
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Mr. Trump has made freeing Americans held overseas a personal priority, and his administration has helped secure the release of a several prisoners and hostages, including Aya Hijazi, an Egyptian-American aid worker held in Cairo; Joshua Holt, a Mormon missionary who was jailed in Venezuela; and Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who was held in a Turkish prison for two years.
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"I implore Iran, the United States, my home country China and other members of the international community to secure the release of this innocent man, Xiyue Wang, and make our family whole again," she said Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Xiyue Wang, a Princeton University PhD student, was in Tehran doing research when he was arrested on espionage charges in August 2016.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE on Saturday said he did not make any concessions to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to secure the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is scheduled to visit the Oval Office Saturday afternoon.
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Sen. Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanSchumer blasts 'red flag' gun legislation as 'ineffective cop out' McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back for gun legislation Shaken Portman urges support for 'red flag' laws after Ohio shooting MORE met with North Korean officials in New York last year in an effort to secure the release of Otto Warmbier, the American college student detained in North Korea for 17 months, the Ohio Republican said Wednesday.
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Y.) to help secure the release of requested information about the whistleblower complaint, lamented what he called partisanship before handing the task on Monday to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard BurrRichard Mauze BurrHouse Intel member calls whistleblower complaint 'deeply disturbing' Top Senate Intelligence Democrat says Maguire, inspector general to brief panel Thursday The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by National Association of Manufacturers - Pelosi feels heat as Dems pursue whistleblower complaint MORE (R-N.C.).
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Yes, picking on country X about its human rights record might make it harder to secure the release of an American prisoner being held there, but failing to make clear that our support for that country's development and progress will be contingent upon its ability to improve the lives of its citizens only inspires and encourages the greed of corrupt politicians, the tightening fist of autocratic regimes and the hatred of terrorist groups such as ISIS.
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Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu has argued for Naama Issachar's release, but her case is tied up in an ongoing diplomatic dispute between Russia, Israel, and the US.Russia is attempting to secure the release of an IT specialist, Aleksey Burkov, who was wanted in the US on charges of hacking and credit card fraud and was approved for extradition to the US by Israel's Supreme Court in August after his arrest in an Israeli airport in December 2015.
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American forces are also hoping to secure the release of two hostages, American Kevin King and Australian Timothy Weeks, who were taken in 2016, according to the AP. The negotiations come, the AP reports, just a month after the Taliban ended its practice of treating International Committee of the Red Cross employees as civilians due to what it said was a failure by the Red Cross to support prisoners on a hunger strike in the region.
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We admire the man who has never stopped using his celebrity for good — the man who helped secure the release of 14 American hostages from Iraq in 1990; who journeyed to South Africa upon Nelson Mandela's release from prison; who has traveled to Afghanistan to help struggling schools as a United Nations Messenger of Peace; and who routinely visits sick children and children with disabilities around the world, giving them the pleasure of his presence and the inspiration of his example.
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The Pretenders founder and songwriter Chrissie Hynde issued an open letter to President TrumpDonald John TrumpFed saw risks to US economy fading before coronavirus spread quickened Pro-Trump super PAC hits Biden with new Spanish-language ad in Nevada Britain announces immigration policy barring unskilled migrants MORE on Monday, urging him to work to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian AssangeJulian Paul AssangeAssange lawyer: Trump offered pardon in exchange for saying Russia didn't hack DNC The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde urges Trump to join effort to free Assange DOJ asks judge to sentence Roger Stone to 85033-9 years in prison MORE.
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