Security and Crime

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  • Casualties in Arish blast rises to 3 policemen dead, 14 others injured

    Date: 2015-11-24 08:20:25 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:12 - ID:3793221

    El ARISH, Egypt, Nov 24 (MENA) - The number of causalities in el Arish car bomb blast on Tuesday rose to three killed policemen, and 14 others, including two civilians, were injured. The blast, outside the Swiss Inn Hotel, smashed the hotel's ....

  • Car bomb attack in Arish foiled

    Date: 2015-11-24 07:23:18 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:7 - ID:3792949

    El ARISH, Egypt, Nov 24 (MENA) - Security bodies in el Arish, North Sinai, on Tuesday foiled an attempt by terrorists to detonate a booby-trapped car outside the Swiss Inn Hotel. Security forces targeted the car while passing through a checkpoint ....

  • Brussels extends terror alert for week

    Date: 2015-11-23 22:19:10 GMT - Belgium - Security and Crime - SN:145 - ID:3792165

    BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (MENA) - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel announced Monday that Brussels will stay at the highest security threat level for another week over fears of terror act, Sky News reported. In a press conference, Belgian Prime ....

  • Tunisia says ex-president Marzouki rejected investigation into 'assassination threat'

    Date: 2015-11-23 22:01:39 GMT - Tunisia - Security and Crime - SN:141 - ID:3791973

    TUNIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Walid Louguini said Monday that former president Moncef Marzouki rejected receiving investigators sent from the public prosecution to interrogate him over alleged assassination ....

  • Biden joins meeting of representatives from Global Coalition to Counter Daesh

    Date: 2015-11-23 21:48:54 GMT - USA - Security and Crime - SN:140 - ID:3792065

    WASHINGTON, Nov 23 (MENA) - United States Vice President Joe Biden on Monday joined senior diplomatic representatives from the 65 members of the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh who gathered for a plenary session at the State Department to review ....

  • Explosive belt without detonator found outside Paris

    Date: 2015-11-23 20:07:05 GMT - France - Security and Crime - SN:124 - ID:3791541

    PARIS, Nov 23 (MENA) - A suspicious object resembling a suicide belt has been found in Montrouge, a commune in the southern French Parisian suburbs. Police sources said that the device is missing its detonator, Russia Today reported. The ....

  • Matrouh security foils attempt by 28 persons to sneak into Libya

    Date: 2015-11-23 13:45:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:66 - ID:3788737

    MARSA MATROUH, Nov 23 (MENA) - Border Guard elements, in coordination with security agencies in Matrouh, foiled an attempt by 28 persons to infiltrate into Libya across Salloum desert. Matrouh security director major general Hisham Lotfi had been ....

  • Infiltration bid by Sudanese immigrants foiled; 11 killed, injured

    Date: 2015-11-23 13:03:32 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:56 - ID:3788081

    CAIRO, Nov 23 (MENA) - Five Sudanese illegal immigrants were killed and six others injured as they attempted to sneak from the west to the east through the international borders between Israel and Egypt, said Army Spokesman Brigadier-General Mohamed ....

  • Nigerian passenger arrested over bid to smuggle 2kgs of gold jewelry

    Date: 2015-11-22 22:30:33 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:136 - ID:3784525

    CAIRO, Nov 22 (MENA) - The customs authorities of Cairo International Airport arrested a Nigerian passenger who tried to smuggle two kilograms of gold jewelry. The passenger arrived at the airport Sunday in board an Egyptian flight coming from ....

  • Bid to smuggle banned spying devices foiled at Cairo airport

    Date: 2015-11-21 16:06:50 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:79 - ID:3775070

    CAIRO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Authorities at Cairo international airport have thwarted an attempt to smuggle banned espionage devices into the country. A passenger, returning from China via Qatar, was suspected by security officers who ordered his luggage ....

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