EU’s former top diplomat Mogherini detained in training fraud probe

The EU’s former foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini was taken into custody on Tuesday as police staged raids probing a suspected fraud scheme involving the training of European diplomats.

Court again rejects request from prosecutors to extend arrest of South Korean president

A Seoul court for a second time dismissed prosecutors' request for an extension of President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest, Yonhap reported.

South Korea’s President Yoon arrested over short-lived martial law attempt

South Korean investigators have arrested South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over accusations of insurrection for briefly imposing martial law in a move swiftly overturned by the country’s National Assembly.

Israeli military confirms Al-Shifa Hospital chief held for questioning

The Israeli military confirmed on Thursday that the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip had been held for questioning over evidence that the facility had been used as a command and control center for Hamas.

Court in France has issued an arrest warrant for Syrian President Assad

French court issued a warrant for the arrest of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on charges of using chemical weapons in 2013. Barrons portal reports on November 15 about this.

Poland says it has detained 'another' Russian spy

Poland has detained another member of a Russian spy network, bringing the total number of people rounded up in an ongoing investigation to 15, the interior minister said on Monday.

Blinken seeks immediate release of Wall Street Journal reporter in call with Lavrov

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the immediate release of a US journalist, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who Russia has accused of spying, during a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Sunday, the US State Department said.

Russian Investigators to Assess German Justice Minister’s Remarks on Putin’s Arrest

Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin requested providing the legal assessment of German Justice Minister’s statements on arrest of Russian citizens on German territory, the press service of the Investigative Committee said in a statement.

Police detain ex-Honduras president Hernandez as US seeks extradition - The Jerusalem Post

Honduran police detained ex-President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday, escorting him from his home in handcuffs and chains, following a U.S. extradition request on drug charges that marked a dramatic fall from grace only weeks after Hernandez left power.

Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgian ex-president arrested returning from exile - BBC News

Georgia's former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested on his return from exile.

Former Catalan leader Puigdemont released until ruling on Oct.4 | Agencia EFE

The Italian court of Sassari in Sardinia on Friday released former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont after he was detained Thursday on a European arrest warrant.

Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont arrested in Sardinia: Lawyer

Carles Puigdemont, the former president of Catalonia who fled Spain after leading a botched independence attempt, was arrested on the Italian island of Sardinia, his lawyer said Thursday.  

Presunta spia russa arrestata in Germania

 

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US Secretary of State Pompeo 'deeply troubled' by Navalny arrest - The Jerusalem post

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was "deeply troubled by Russia's decision to arrest Aleksey Navalny," in a tweet on Sunday.

Navalny detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo - TASS

Russian opposition blogger Alexey Navalny who was put on the wanted list for missing several criminal inspection registrations as a person under a suspended sentence for the Yves Rocher case has been detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, the press service for the Moscow department of the Federal Penitentiary Service said on Sunday.

Greece arrests five over Lesbos migrant camp blaze

Greek police have arrested five migrants over the fire on Lesbos which destroyed an overcrowded migrant camp last week, a Greek minister says.

22 arrested in Catalonia for rerouting public funds for independence bid

National Police have been involved in raids in northeast Spain that have led to the arrest of 22 people on Thursday on suspicion they were linked to the alleged rerouting of public funds to entities connected to an illegal pro-independence bid launched by Catalonia last year, sources close to the investigation told EFE.

Des dizaines de militaires français auraient été arrêtés en Syrie

Quelque 70 militaires français auraient été arrêtés par l’armée syrienne à un poste de contrôle dans la province de Hassaké, en Syrie, relate l’agence turque Anadolu citant des sources syriennes.

Czech court orders release of Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim

A Czech court ruled on Tuesday that former Syrian Kurdish PYD leader Saleh Muslim be released, his lawyer said, despite Turkey’s call for his detention pending an extradition request.

Saakashvili deported to Poland – Ukraine border service

Ukrainian opposition leader Mikhail Saakashvili has been deported to Poland, Ukraine’s border service said on Monday.