Latest in Tag: security Highlight
Latest in Tag: security
Georgia prison scandal highlights widespread torture
Georgia’s president vows to eradicate torture after videos depicting rape and torture in a Georgian prison spark anger and protest
Protester’s mother call for release of injured son
Protest call for student detained since January with serious leg wound
Demonstrations erupt in Tahrir square
Demonstrators refuse the removal of graffiti paintings
Islamist militants kill Nigerian district attorney general
Boko Haram’s latest killing follows unconfirmed reports of their spokesperson’s death
Protesters arrested on anniversary of OWS
100 protesters march with $100 bills taped to their mouths, demanding money doesn’t interfere with politics
Anti-Japanese protests continue across China
Territorial dispute over uninhabited islands reignites old tensions as anti-Japanese protests shut down major Japanese companies in China
Bahraini policemen to be tried for torture
Interior ministry recruits 500 new police officers
NATO cooperative missions scaled down but still ongoing
Joint operations to continue at the battalion level and higher, while training Afghan troops continues
Praying at gunpoint
By Mohammed Aly Ibrahim The fear of Friday 13th in western superstition as an unlucky day touched upon me as I was heading to perform my weekly prayer. Many Egyptians, myself included, think that the mosques of Prophet Muhammad’s ancestors here bestow endless blessings upon those who regularly visit such places of worship. The most …
Peacekeeping operation in Sinai says no soldier deaths, no revision of mandate
The Multinational Force & Observers (MFO) issued a statement on Sunday correcting two false reports
Nile University sit-in broken up
Security forces violently clear Nile University campus of protesters
South African mines reopen but unrest continues
Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45 miners killed
Israeli airline may stop Cairo flights
High economic costs, lengthy security processes, and low demand are the reasons for the move
Libya sacks Benghazi security chiefs
Deputy interior minister for the eastern region and the head of national security for Benghazi sacked, following the attack on the US consulate
South African mines reopen but unrest continues
Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45 miners killed
Violent film protests erupt in Kabul and Jakarta
At least 18 people were left dead around the world, reacting to the low-budget film attacking Islam and prophet Muhammad
OPEC’s development fund gives $30m to Egypt for food security and poverty alleviation
Members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries have confirmed a $30million loan for Egypt aimed at food security and poverty alleviation. The international development funding arm of OPEC, the Fund for International Development (OFID), approved 12 loans and grants to 29 developing countries, worth $201 million, for the purpose of improving socio-economic conditions. OFID’s …
Weekend of violence reaches a climax on Sunday
Al-Arish is attacked by militants as battles continue to rage in the area
Israel and Iran usual War Dance
Multinational armada in the Arab Gulf while Iran tests its defences
Militants kill three soldiers in Yemen
Fail to assassinate targeted minister
Ministry of sports set to introduce “anti-hooliganism law”
The law a must for securing the upcoming football matches, says the interior ministry
The logic of “insult” and the roots of protest
The protests that shook several Arab countries in the past week and the ones that continue until today were no surprise. It was very much expected that a wave of anger in the Islamic world would certainly follow any insult to the prophet Muhammad. Past experiences, whether with Salman Rushdie or the Danish cartoon crisis …
Film fans flames of violence across the region
Across the Middle East and beyond, protesters have demonstrated against US-made Islamophobic production
Alps shooting survivor claimed to have seen only one gunman
Seven-year old girl who narrowly survived quadruple homicide in the French Alps reportedly told investigators she saw only one gunman
Pakistani factory owners turn themselves in
Karachi Minister of Industries resigns amid public anger over fire deaths
Taliban attacks Afghan base killing two marines
Militants deny targeting Prince Harry saying the attack was to avenge insulting Islam
Crackdown on striking South African miners
South African police tried yet again on Saturday to disperse the miners determined to get a wage increase
In Pictures: Clashes around the US embassy in Cairo
Protesters hurled rocks and the occasional Molotov cocktail while CSF forces replied with tear gas and charges with armoured trucks to force the crowds back.
Crackdown on UAE reformists continues
Over 60 now detained in government crackdown
Yemeni security reshuffle
President sacks security officials loyal to ousted Saleh