Bangladesh police detain former PM Hasina
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Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina was arrested at her home in the capital on Monday and sent to jail to face extortion charges, her party and court officials said.
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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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A UN human rights expert charged with corruption in Bangladesh is remanded in custody.
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Pakistani security forces have arrested a former Taleban defence minister, intelligence officials say.
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Indonesian police say they arrested Abu Dujana, alleged leader of the group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings.
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New charges are announced against former Bangladesh PMs Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia.
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Pakistan has arrested former Taliban defense minister Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, regarded as top figure in the Afghanistan insurgency, a Pakistani intelligence official said Friday.
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Bangladesh police investigate whether former PM Khaleda Zia should face murder charges over a 2004 attack.
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New corruption charges are announced against detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Another former Bangladeshi lawmaker has been arrested as part of the interim government's massive graft crackdown, bringing the number of political leaders detained to 23, an official said.
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Security forces in Bangladesh detained seven ex-ministers and several other influential politicians from across the political spectrum on Sunday in swoops on their Dhaka homes, officials and media reports said.
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A top aide of Bangladesh's ex-PM Khaleda Zia is arrested for trying to lead a street protest, police say.
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Pakistani security forces captured the former Taliban defense minister, Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday, in what would be the highest-ranking leader from the Afghan insurgency to be arrested since it lost power in 2001.
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Pakistani security forces have arrested the Taliban's former defence minister, the most senior figure from the Islamist regime to be captured since it fell in 2001, security officials said Friday.
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Indonesian police have arrested the alleged leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, the south-east Asian terror group blamed for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and a series of other attacks in recent years, a spokesman said today.
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With hundreds of supporters clashing with police in neighboring Rawalpindi, authorities Tuesday arrested Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
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DHAKA: Bangladesh opposition leader and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina had a narrow escape as a powerful blast at a rally of her Awami League party killed 14 people and injured 200 here on Saturday.