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PYONGYANG: North Korea detained a BBC journalist and ordered his expulsion over his reporting, the broadcaster said on Monday, as a large group of foreign reporters cover a rare congress of the country's ruling Workers' Party.

LONDON: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar faced detention at London’s Heathrow Airport on Wednesday for not having a valid visa, says reports in the Indian media.

SYDNEY: Australia's foreign minister Monday expressed concern at Malaysia's detention of two visiting Australian journalists who had tried to question Prime Minister Najib Razak about corruption allegations.

TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have released 10 USsailors and their patrol boats after investigations showed they had entered Iranian waters unintentionally, a statement said Wednesday.

KARACHI: Pilot of a private airline, who was found to have consumed alcohol, has been detained from the city, ARY News reported.

PESHAWAR: Twenty-two suspects have been detained in connection with a deadly attack on a Pakistan air force base claimed by the Taliban, officials said Saturday.

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday granted 90 days custody of five accused including three directors of the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) to the Pakistan Rangers (Sindh), ARY News reported.

BANGKOK: Five Thai students detained in Pakistan for trying to board a plane with a pistol and ammunition have no links to the Islamic State militant group or any criminal organization, a Thai government spokesman said on Friday.

PESHAWAR/ROME: Italian authorities have been keeping eight Pakistani nationals under custody on suspicion of terrorism activities, while one of them was arrested only because his nephew's name was Osama, ARY News reported.

NEW DELHI: Police have detained more than 1,000 people in eastern India over a cheating scandal that saw relatives scale the walls of a school exam centre to help students, a senior officer said Sunday.

BEIJING: Hong Kong kung fu movie star Jackie Chan feels ashamed of his son's drug abuse and hopes that one day he will speak out about the dangers of taking drugs, state news agency Xinhua reported.

ISLAMABAD: The key accused of the Mumbai attacks Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, ARY News reported.