An Indian accountant who allegedly threatened to hijack a domestic flight Sunday evening has been charged Monday under the civil aviation law. Commandos surrounded the jet after its emergency landing in New Delhi, prompting a major security scare fo...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 20 June 2008 Indonesian police have arrested the former deputy head of the National Intelligence Agency for involvement in the 2004 murder of prominent activist Munir Thalib. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has...
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 19 September 2007 The former second-in-command of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime has been arrested and is being held in a specially-built prison outside Phnom Penh. Noun Chea is only the second senior leader of the Khmer Rouge...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Hong Kong 15 June 2007 Indonesian police have arrested the head of the Southeast Asia terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) along with its military leader in a major blow to an organization that has been blamed for a series...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 22 November 2006 France's top anti-terrorist judge has requested arrest warrants against nine senior Rwandan officials linked to a 1994 attack that killed former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana. The warrants, which are exp...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 25 October 2006 Three journalists arrested by the transitional Somali government are being questioned for their work in an area under the control of the Islamic Courts Union. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders is cal...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 31 May 2006 Afghanistan's parliament has passed a resolution demanding the arrest of U.S. soldiers involved in a deadly car crash. Afghan protesters throw stones at an US military vehicle after a traffic accident in Kabul,...