French ‘spiderman’ Alain Robert was arrested on Thursday after he free-climbed a 230-metre office tower in central London, adding to his portfolio of unaided ascents of many of the world's tallest buildings.

Turkish authorities on Saturday detained 19 people in the south-eastern town of Sanliurfa, including a candidate for parliament from a pro-Kurdish party, as part of investigations into clashes there on Thursday ...

At least 51 foreign nationals have been arrested in Istanbul for alleged links to ISIS group, Turkish police sources told Anadolu Agency on Friday.

The suspected bomber of a supermarket in St Petersburg has been detained, Russian media reported on Saturday, citing the country's secret service.

A Papua New Guinea court has given hundreds of asylum-seekers who were held for years in a controversial Australian detention centre the right to sue the PNG government for compensation ...

Two journalists from Myanmar, who had been detained in Bangladesh while reporting on the influx of thousands of Rohingya Muslims, have been released on bail, a police official said on Saturday.

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants for 79 former school employees on Wednesday over alleged links to last year's failed military coup, broadcaster NTV said.

One of Myanmar's best known journalists was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer said, but is set to stand trial for allegedly defaming firebrand Buddhist monk Wirathu on social media.

Three men have been detained on suspicion of preparing a serious violent crime after their conversations on board an easyJet flight from Slovenia to London prompted the pilot to divert to Cologne, Germany ...

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether immigrants detained for more than six months by the US government while deportation proceedings take place ...

Protests by an Indian caste demanding the release of one of its leaders turned violent on Sunday, as police fought running street battles with stone-throwing demonstrators and detained hundreds.