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A South Korean court on Sunday extended the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for up to 20 days, leading to violent protests by hundreds of angry supporters who stormed the court building, smashed windows and broke inside. Yoon last week became the first sitting South Korean president to be …

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was freed on Thursday after a brief detention, her Vente Venezuela movement said on social media. Machado was detained after an anti-government march in Caracas, her first public appearance in months, amid gunshots, the movement said, adding that during her detention she was forced …

Michael Kovrig, the former Canadian diplomat detained in China, is denying allegations that he conducted covert intelligence work that led to his arrest and the detention of fellow Canadian Michael Spavor. “I was never involved in espionage activities,” Kovrig said in a statement. “Any insinuation that I was anything but …

Canadian Kimberly Polman has been arrested after arriving in Canada following her repatriation from a detention camp in Syria, according to her lawyer. Polman has been detained for the past three years at al-Roj Syrian detention camp for families of ISIS fighters. She  travelled to Syria in 2015 after marrying an …

New Delhi: The Education Ministry has asked the states to conduct a door-to-door survey to identify out-of-school children and prepare an action plan for their enrolment as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially on migrants, according to officials. The ministry has also recommended relaxing …