Russia's military is recruiting female prisoners for Ukraine war: Kyiv
A Ukrainian intelligence official said Russia is placing female convicts into combat zones.
Putin's dark gamble paying off as Russian losses revealed
Volunteers, convicts and "recruits" of private military companies account for 37% of all confirmed casualties, new figures show.
Who is Robert Woodland? US citizen being held in Russia on drug charges
Woodland, 32, was arrested on drug trafficking charges earlier this month.
Vladimir Putin's suicide squad
The Kremlin has recruited tens of thousands of prisoners for its "Storm-Z" units, including at least two cannibals.
Exclusive: Russia's recruited over 100,000 convicts since Ukraine war began
A prisoner list shared with Newsweek reveals that elderly men past retirement age have been recruited to fight in Ukraine.
Who Biden might give Putin in exchange for Paul Whelan
The U.S. State Department told Newsweek on Tuesday that a "serious proposal" had been made to Russia for Whelan's release.
Iran Gets a $6 Billion Payoff That Puts U.S. Citizens in Greater Danger
No foreign power has "wrongfully detained" more Americans than the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Police "almost stepped on" Danelo Cavalcante 3 times in manhunt: US marshal
Cavalcante was arrested on Wednesday morning after eluding police for nearly two weeks, largely by hiding in wooded areas.
Video captures prisoner climbing backwards up wall to escape
The dramatic footage shows Cavalcante scale a wall in the prison yard as authorities continue to search for the convicted killer.
Ex-official's concern about what Trump may do to critics in second term
Former DHS official Miles Taylor said the former president remains "the most serious danger to the homeland security of the United States."
Ex-Wagner prisoner troop reveals lies fed to him about Putin's invasion
One fighter recruited from prison blamed Russian media for misleading him.
Kremlin may deploy Wagner Group tactic with "human wave attacks": ISW
The Wagner Group has previously been accused of recruiting prisoners to use along the front lines in Ukraine, despite the convicts' inadequate combat training.
Are the Wagner Group's days in Ukraine numbered?
The paramilitary unit is losing its influence in the war, along with its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin—But will Vladimir Putin snub the Wagner Group entirely?
Wagner Group no longer recruiting prisoners, Prigozhin says
Meanwhile, reports suggest the Wagner Group has not halted its hiring drive but is instead employing more predatory practices to gather convicts.
Wagner Group's ominous recruiting tactics revealed as convict pool dries up
The paramilitary outfit is reportedly employing even more predatory recruitment practices in Russia's prisons amid struggles to find new recruits.
Russia rushing to "replenish" troops after massive losses: Ukraine
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update on Friday that Russia was moving forward with a "recruitment campaign among convicts."
Robert Fratta fears expired drugs will lead to another botched execution
Fratta, 65, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas on January 10.
Russian "Walter White" among ex-cons released after return from Ukraine
Dmitry Karavaichik was handed a 17-year jail sentence in 2019 for producing and distributing amphetamine and served six months in Ukraine.
Anger in Russia after prisoners called up to war released back into society
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner Group founder, said the first batch of prisoners who fought in the war have received a pardon. "They worked with honor, with dignity."
Russia's Wagner Group resorting to recruiting prisoners from Belarus-Report
Six members of the notorious Wagner Group, including a Belarusian national, reportedly escaped in December from a training center in Ukraine.
Inside the Wagner Group: The criminals and contractors fighting Putin's war
Russian human rights activist Vladimir Osechkin told Newsweek that as many as 30,000 prisoners have been recruited and deployed to Ukraine.
Every death row prisoner executed in the U.S. in 2022
Eighteen men were put to death in the U.S. this year, with more than half of them in Texas and Oklahoma.
Russia using "expendable" convict recruits to protect Wagner troops: U.K.
Prisoners recruited by the Wagner Group are being used "as a meat shield," the National Resistance Center of Ukraine said.
Will Brittney Griner Return to WNBA? What the star has said
Griner discussed a possible return to the WNBA and the release of American Paul Whelan in her first statement since returning home. Read it in full here.
John Kirby: Brittney Griner "in good health", Paul Whelan talks ongoing
"Up until the moment we actually secured the deal that got Brittney home, we were still trying to get Paul out," the National Security Council spokesperson said.
Viktor Bout's lawyer: U.S. has "absolutely" nothing to fear
Steve Zissou insisted the exchange of Viktor Bout for Brittney Griner was fair.
Freed Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Would 'Volunteer' In Putin's War
In an interview with state-controlled RT, the arm dealer said he 'never understood' why Russia didn't move earlier into Ukraine.
Trump attacks Biden for not doing something he failed to do himself
Trump asked why Paul Whelan wasn't included in Thursday's prisoner swap with Russia, even though Trump was the president for half of Whelan's imprisonment.
Brittney Griner swap may be sign Russia's worried about secrets leaking
Security experts told Newsweek that the prisoner swap signals that the U.S. and Russia is returning to Cold War-era patterns.
When was Brittney Griner detained? Timeline from arrest to prisoner swap
WNBA player Brittney Griner was freed from a Russian prison on Thursday after she was detained nine-plus months ago.