Fifty-five people were arrested on the first day of South Africa's coronavirus-induced lockdown, Police Minister Bheki Cele said on Saturday, warning that those who violate the measure ...

British police arrested climate change activists in London ahead of planned protests by Extinction Rebellion on Monday, the group and police said.

Russia has detained 161 North Korean fishermen for fishing illegally in the Sea of Japan, the FSB security service said in a statement on Wednesday.

Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her home on Monday, on charges the attorney general's office said included suspicion of violating campaign finance rules.

Hong Kong's police said on Sunday they arrested 29 people after clashes overnight in which volleys of tear gas were fired to disperse anti-government protesters ...

Israeli occupation forces arrested Wednesday 14 Palestinians, including released prisoners, in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem.

The mayor of Phoenix apologised on Sunday after videos emerged showing police in the southwestern US city violently arresting a black family with young children.

A South Korean court on Saturday approved arrest warrants for two vice presidents of Samsung Electronics over an accounting scandal, but rejected one for the head of the conglomerate's pharmaceutical arm ...

Police in Ghana have arrested at least 20 people accused of preparing to declare an eastern region as an independent country, police said Wednesday.

New Zealand police arrested a man in Christchurch on Tuesday following reports of a possible bomb threat in the city, where 50 people were killed in attacks by a lone gunman on two mosques in March.

Police in Vietnam broke up an online gambling ring that had handled more than $1bn in bets and arrested 22 people, reports said Saturday, in what is believed to be the largest-ever internet betting operation ...

Two teenage men have been arrested after the shooting dead of a journalist in Northern Ireland, police said Saturday.