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Amid political debate about transgender issues and whether biological males should be allowed to enter women's washrooms, the federal corrections agency says that eight males were held in female institutions ...

MOSCOW—A Russian court on Thursday ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more ...

MOSCOW—A Moscow сourt extended the custody of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by two months on Friday ...

The detainees are among at least 141 people who were released into the community following a landmark high ...

The department declined to reveal the specifics when asked how many of the individuals were held in circumstances ...

A third released detainee has been arrested.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil is vowing to introduce legislation, amid pressure from the Opposition.

Locking up freed immigration detainees under terrorism protection laws has been floated after a High Court ruling. Some ...

"The implications of this for Australia and the Australian community is very disturbing," Senator James Paterson said.

KAZAN, Russia—A Russian American journalist who stands accused of breaking Russia's law on foreign agents had her pre-trial ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in ...

BUCHAREST, Romania—A judge in Romania has granted a request to extend by another 30 days the arrest of ...

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is marking the four-year anniversary of the detention in Russia of American businessman Paul Whelan, ...

New statistics show an increase in youth crime across the state of Victoria, but the overall crime rate ...

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at deterring and punishing wrongful detention of U.S. ...

MUMBAI—The Russian embassy in India said on Tuesday that it was aware of a Russian cargo ship in ...

The Phoenix Mercury met with the State Department on Monday amid seven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner's ongoing detention ...

MELBOURNE—Tennis world No. 1 Novak Djokovic was joined in Australian immigration detention by Czech women's player Renata Voracova ...

Singapore authorities released 40-year-old Dickson Yeo after detaining him for close to a year for investigations. He was ...

An expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) told lawmakers at a Nov. 17 congressional hearing that ...

A young Chinese woman says she was held for eight days at a Chinese-run secret detention facility in ...

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called out the Chinese Communist Party's lack of transparency regarding an impending ...

BEIJING—China used coronavirus prevention measures, intimidation, and visa curbs to limit foreign reporting in 2020, ushering in a ...

Australian journalist Cheng Lei was formally arrested in China on Feb. 5 on suspicion of illegally supplying state ...

CANBERRA, Australia—China appears to be expanding its network of secret detention centers in Xinjiang, where predominantly Muslim minorities ...

BEIJING—The United States on Tuesday issued a sweeping new advisory warning against travel to mainland China and Hong ...

Houses pulled down in mudslides, damaged roads and bridges, and floating cars. The scenes from the Yangtze River ...