Vietnam official's son detained
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The son of a high-ranking trade official in Vietnam is arrested on fraud allegations.
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Former British PM Margaret Thatcher&#39;s son arrested in South Africa for possible connection to alleged coup plot. After numerous rumors and allegations linking him to a plan to overthrow the leader of oil-rich
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Authorities on Saturday released a lawyer who was on a U.S. list of activists detained this year by Vietnam, two days before President Nguyen Minh Triet goes to the United States on a state visit.
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PAILIN, Cambodia  - The most senior surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge, "Brother Number Two" Nuon Chea, was placed under house arrest on Wednesday and was expected to be moved to Phnom Penh soon, his son and officials said.
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A Marine who was called home from Iraq because his wife suffered pregnancy complications has been arrested in connection with the death of their 3-month-old son, police said.
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VenezuelaÂs foreign minister was detained while trying to fly home after the United Nations General Assembly meeting, prompting an apology from the State Department.
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A senior Bangladeshi politician is detained in prison for a further 30 days following his arrest last month.
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Vietnam has released one of its best-known dissidents from prison, two weeks before its president is to make a historic visit to the United States, an official said Sunday.
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Police detained the top surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge on Wednesday over his role in the notorious former Cambodian regime that caused the deaths of 1.7 million people in the late 1970s.
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The White House on Tuesday expressed concern about the arrests of political dissidents in Vietnam, saying the detentions were out of character for Vietnam's recent modernization.
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Diplomatic row escalates with arrest of staff including Neil Kinnock's son
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The first visit of a Vietnamese president to the White House since the Vietnam War comes amid harsh criticism by U.S. lawmakers of the communist-led nation's human rights record.
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Vietnam frees dissident Pham Hong Son, jailed four years ago for posting a US article on democracy.
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The factional leader of a powerful Nigerian rebel group in the oil-producing Niger Delta is being detained in Angola on arms trafficking charges, his wife told Reuters on Saturday.
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Iraqi forces detained the suspected leader of a terrorist cell network believed to be funded by Saddam Hussein's eldest daughter, who is wanted by Iraqi authorities on terrorism charges, the U.S. military announced Monday.
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BEIJING -- Chinese authorities have detained a prominent, US-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said yesterday.
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KUT, Iraq  - U.S. troops detained on Friday the eldest son of Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite leaders, sparking protests from Shi'ite politicians and prompting an apology from the U.S. ambassador.