(VOVWORLD) - UN refugee and migrant chiefs said in a joint statement on Friday that 5,600 refugees and migrants currently held in centers across Libya should be freed in an...
(VOVWORLD) - China has confirmed it detained two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, suspected of endangering national security
(VOVWORLD) - The US State Department is extending the ban on US citizens traveling to North Korea for another year, citing continued concerns about the threat of arrest and long-term...
(VOVWORLD) - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court decided on Monday to extend the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, former President of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), for...
(VOVWORLD) - Three Catalan independence leaders being held in Madrid have appealed to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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(VOVworld) - The South Korean special prosecutor team on Wednesday placed Moon Hyung-pyo, chief of the National Pension Service (NPS) under emergency arrest, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News...
(VOVworld) - Ukraine’s foreign ministry has summoned the Russian consul over the detention of a Ukrainian journalist named Roman Sushchenko suspected of espionage in Russia. Ministry spokesperson Maryana Betsa said...
(VOVworld) – US President Barack Obama submitted a new plan to close Guantanamo to the US Congress on Tuesday. But Obama’s goal faces strong opposition from Republicans
(VOVworld) - Police have detained 12 people in connection with last week's deadly landslide in an industrial zone in Shenzhen which killed at least seven people while more than 70 are still...
(VOVworld) – In a CNN interview broadcast Sunday, US President Barack Obama said he will do everything he can to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba