Former president Nelson Mandela had a strong friendship with businessman Douw Steyn, and often gave him advice as a father figure, writes Mandela's long-time assistant Zelda la Grange.

Israel is releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza, part of a ceasefire that has paused the war but whose future is uncertain RAMALLAH ...

Israel is subjecting Palestinian detainees to violent beatings and humiliation before their release, according to a group that looks after the affairs of Palestinian prisoners. Abdullah al-Zaghari ...

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners have reunited with their families in emotional scenes after being released on Saturday. Israeli Yarden Bibas hugged his parents and sister for the first ...

A reality star who met and married a prisoner behind bars has opened up about how the couple get “intimate” while her husband is incarcerated. German-born Lorra Gehrke, whose name translates ...

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday ...

Female prisons have a self-harm rate 8.5 times higher than male jails, as women experience a lack of "basic care" - including a "bizarre rule" that bans them from putting dirty underwear in ...

Three male Israeli hostages and 183 Palestinian prisoners were freed in the fifth round of exchanges between Israel and Hamas Saturday, but the gaunt, frail appearance of the released hostages was ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also ...

Hamas on Saturday released three more hostages – Yarden Bibas, French-Israeli dual national Ofer Kalderon and American-Israeli Keith Siegel – in Gaza as part of its ceasefire deal with ...

Three more Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for the freeing of 183 Palestinian prisoners Eli Sharabi, Ohad ben Ami and Or Levy are now back in Israel - the three ...