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Kenyan police nab terror suspect, recover firearms in border town

​Kenya's security forces on Wednesday evening arrested a terror suspect and recovered a cache of firearms and explosives in northeastern Garissa town.

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British anti-terror police arrests 5 from one family

​Five people from the same family were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing materials related to terrorism, Britain's Metropolitan Police said.

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"Six poachers" killed in gunfight with Bangladesh police

Six persons arrested on poaching charges have been killed in an alleged shootout with police in Bangladesh part of Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.

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Morocco dismantles new IS recruitment cell

​Morocco said Thursday that it has dismantled a new cell suspected of recruiting and sending Moroccan fighters to join the ranks of the Islamic State (IS).

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12 suspects arrested in anti-mafia operation in southern Italy

Italian police on Tuesday arrested 12 alleged members of Camorra, a mafia syndicate based in Campania region, southern Italy, involved in violent fights between rival clans in the presence of citizens, local reports said.

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Belgium requests extradition of man arrested as part of Greek anti- terror raids

​A man arrested in Greece on Saturday as part of a series of anti-terror raids across Europe could be directly linked to the suspected jihadist cell broken up by Belgian police on Thursday, according to the Federal Prosecutor' s office.

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Police officers arrested over missing Mexican newsman

​The Attorney General's Office ( PGJ) for Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz said Monday that local police officers have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a newsman.

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18 arrested in Brazil in Petrobras corruption case

Brazil on Friday arrested at least 18 people linked with a corruption scheme of state oil giant Petrobras, the federal police said.

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966 Venezuelans arrested for corruption so far this year

A total of 966 people, including former government officials, have been arrested on charges of corruption and misappropriation of public funds so far this year, Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz announced Wednesday.

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Sri Lanka Navy arrests 30 more Indian fishermen

Thirty more Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lanka Navy on Monday night on charges of fishing in Sri Lanka waters and violating the International Maritime Boundary Line, Sri Lankan Navy told local media Tuesday.

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38 arrested after Spain's construction plan stirs protests

Twenty-two people were arrested on Saturday night in the Spanish city of Burgos, bringing the total of arrested people to 38 since a protest against a street construction plan started Friday night, officials said.

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Bangladesh opposition's top leader arrested for instigating violence

The Detective Branch of Bangladesh Police Monday night arrested a top leader of the country's main opposition party.Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, also a former foreign secretary, was arrested shortly after he came out of the residence of ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia who virtually remained confined to her house since the opposition alliance launched "March for Democracy" program on Dec. 24.

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Chinese arrested with VoIP equipment in Bangladesh questioned

Thirty nine foreigners, including 5 from Chinese mainland and 32 from China's Taiwan arrested Sunday evening with a huge quantity of illegal VoIP(Voiceover Internet Protocol) are being investigated, according to the director of the country's Anti-crime elite force(RAB)'s media wing.

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Indian police narrow down on perpetrators of bomb blasts

Indian police are narrowing down on the perpetrators of the serial blasts in the eastern city of Patna which killed five and injured over 80 Sunday.

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1,366 arrested in ongoing targeted operation in Pakistan's Karachi

Pakistan Rangers arrested at least 1,366 people during the last 12 days of ongoing targeted operation that they launched in the country's violence-hit southern port city of Karachi against terrorists, target killers, kidnappers and extortionists, local media and official said on Tuesday.

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood top leader arrested in Cairo

General Guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie was arrested by police in Cairo, official news agency MENA reported early Tuesday, citing a security source.

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8 arrested in Greece for illegal transfer of weapons to Turkey

Greek police has launched a nationwide investigation into a failed attempt to illegally transfer weapons and ammunition to neighboring Turkey by sea with eight suspectes arrested, Greek authorities announced on Wednesday.