(VOVWORLD) - Son La prison was built by French colonialists in the early 1900s and used to detain 1,000 Vietnamese communists and patriots. The prison was recognized as a national...
(VOVWORLD) - Pakistan will release 360 Indian prisoners as a goodwill gesture amid the continued tension between the two countries, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said
(VOVWORLD) - France has ruled out the repatriation of French extremists and their families detained in Syria after the fall of ISIS’ “caliphate”, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Friday
(VOVWORLD) - The US-backed force that defeated the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria has called for the international community to establish a special international tribunal in northeast Syria for detained...
(VOVWORLD) - US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) delivered to Iraq 280 Iraqi and other IS detainees in recent days, Iraq’s military said in a statement on Sunday
(VOVWORLD) - Turkish police believe the remains of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been burned, Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu said on Thursday
(VOVWORLD) - Iraq has dismantled the biggest Islamic State (IS) cell in the country’s western province of Anbar and captured 186 militants, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior said
(VOVWORLD) - Former Huawei financial director Meng Wanzhou can make a good case against being extradited to the US, Canadian Ambassador to China John McCallum said in a comment broadcast on...
(VOVWORLD) - One of the leaders of the "yellow vest" anti-government demonstrations, Eric Drouet, was detained by French police and placed in custody on Wednesday for organizing a central Paris protest...
(VOVWORLD) - French police fired tear gas at yellow vest demonstrators in Paris on Saturday but the turnout for round seven of the protests appeared low
(VOVWORLD) - Global Affairs Canada spokesman Richard Walker said Friday that a Canadian citizen detained in China this month has returned to Canada after being released from custody
(VOVWORLD) - Canada on Friday called on China to free two Canadian nationals detained in China
(VOVWORLD) - China has confirmed it detained two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, suspected of endangering national security
(VOVWORLD) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe called Saturday for fresh dialogue with representatives of the "yellow vest" movement staging protests across France
(VOVWORLD) - Ukraine’s Kherson City Court has rejected a claim of the ship owner seeking to lift a ban on the Russian Mekhanik Pogodin oil tanker, according to TASS news...
(VOVWORLD) - North Korea announced Sunday that it has expelled a Japanese man detained during a recent tour of North Korea
(VOVWORLD) - Relations between the US and Turkey have become strained due to Turkey’s refusal to release American pastor Andrew Brunson who is accused of terrorism and spying. The US...
(VOVWORLD) - The Museum of Revolutionary Prisoners in Phu Xuyen district on the outskirts of Hanoi holds thousands of items that reflect the sacrifices and indomitable spirit of revolutionaries who were...
(VOVWORLD) -A suspect in the killings of two Vietnamese at the Circus Circus Casino hotel and casino in Las Vegas, the US, has been detained, according to the FBI
(VOVWORLD) - The Spanish government on Monday approved new Catalonian President Quim Torra but rejected his cabinet nominees