In military-ruled Myanmar, there seemed to be a new criminal offence this week: wearing a flower in one’s hair on June 19. Pro-democracy activists say more than 130 people, most of them women, have been arrested for participating in a…
Pakistan: 15 arrested in connection with Greece boat tragedy
Fifteen human traffickers, including a key suspect, have been arrested in Pakistan in connection with a Greece boat tragedy. This happened when scores of Pakistanis were killed and many went missing along with people from other countries, the Prime Minister’s…
Mexico arrests 2nd migrant in detention center fire that killed 40
Mexican authorities have arrested a second migrant for his alleged involvement in a March fire set inside a border detention center that left 40 migrants dead and dozens injured, two federal officials said Friday. One of the officials, who both…
Father arrested for allegedly injuring 2-month-old son by violent shaking
A 33-year-old father was arrested on Monday for allegedly causing a serious brain injury to his 2-month-old baby by violently shaking him. The Incheon District Court issued an arrest warrant for the man on charges of child abuse, citing concerns…
11 footballers arrested for match-fixing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 23 people including a coach and 11 players from one football team in its biggest crackdown on match-fixing in recent years. The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday said first division matches in the…
Ex-PM Imran Khan arrested outside court in Pakistan
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been arrested during a court appearance in capital Islamabad over corruption allegations. Musarrat Jamshed Cheema, a leader of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI), confirmed Khan’s arrest to Al Jazeera on Tuesday. “He went…
Police arrest suspended Adamawa REC, Hudu Yunusa-Ari in Abuja
Suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari is in police custody, Channels Television can confirm. The police arrested the embattled REC in Abuja on Tuesday, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said in a statement. Adejobi said, “Barrister Ari,…
Sikh separatist leader arrested in India after weeks on the run
A Sikh separatist leader accused of reviving a movement for a Sikh homeland was arrested in the north Indian state of Punjab Sunday after being on the run for weeks, authorities said. Punjab police had launched a hunt for Amritpal…
Teenage Palestinian arrested in Jerusalem shooting of 2 Israelis
A teenage Palestinian suspected of shooting two Israeli men in Jerusalem on Tuesday has been arrested, the Israeli military said. Several Israeli media outlets reported that the suspect was a 15-year-old from the West Bank city of Nablus. The military…
Police arrest suspects for beating OAU student to death
Suspects accused of the murder of a final-year student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Okolie Arinze, have been handed over to the police. OAU spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju disclosed this in an interview on Wednesday, in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The deceased,…
