Iran jails US hikers Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal for eight years for illegally entering the country and spying, state TV reports.

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Iran ‘jails US hikers for spying’

The trial of three American citizens accused of illegally entering Iranian territory and spying began behind closed doors, Iranian news agencies said.

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Trial of 3 Americans Begins in Iran

Ex-US President Jimmy Carter secures release of an American, Aijalon Mahli Gomes, sentenced to hard labour for illegally entering North Korea.

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US citizen freed in North Korea

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is planning to go to North Korea this week in the hopes of securing the release of an American man imprisoned for illegally entering the communist nation, officials said.

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Carter to go to N. Korea to free U.S. man