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Added on the 05/02/2020 20:10:35 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
An airplane believed to be carrying Julian Assange is seen on the tarmac at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, after the Wikileaks founder reached a landmark plea deal with US authorities that brought an end to his years-long legal drama. IMAGES
Images show a Russian passenger plane landing in Georgia for the first time since 2019, following a decision last week from Russian President Vladimir Putin to lift a flight ban. The resumption of flights has stirred protests in Georgia, as Moscow fought a brief but bloody war with Georgia and recognised two separatist territories in the north of the country as independent. IMAGES
Plane carrying released Huthi prisoners arrives at Sanaa International Airport, following prisoner swap between the Yemeni rebels and the internationally recognised-government. IMAGES
Images show an aircraft flying under the banner of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) departing from Sanaa International Airport to Aden International Airport with released prisoners, previously held by Yemen's Huthi rebels, aboard. IMAGES
A plane transporting released Huthi prisoners takes off from Aden airport towards Sanaa as the three-day exchange of prisoners between cities in Yemen and its oil-rich neighbour, Saudi Arabia begins. Nearly 900 prisoners from Yemen's civil war will be exchanged in the biggest prisoner swap since 2020, after a delegation from Saudi Arabia, which launched a military intervention in 2015, held talks with Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels this week in an attempt to end hostilities. IMAGES