Tag: security

Al-Munira hospital in Cairo also suffered attacks on facilities and staff in recent weeks-Hassan Ibrahim

Another violent incident highlights “inadequate” hospital security

Over the last month emergency rooms and intensive care units (ICUs) have…

Basil El-Dabh August 8, 2012

Border guards funeral procession at Naser City turned into a protest - Mohamed Omar

Funeral procession for border guards amid limited protests

The deceased soldiers were given a military funeral in Al-Rashdan Mosque in…

Hend Kortam August 13, 2012

Police increase their presence at the Sikh Cultural Center in Richmond Hill Queens in New York on 6 August 6. The extra security is in response to a shooting the at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek Wisconsin on 5 August that left seen people including the suspected shooter dead and three injured AFP PHOTO/ Mehdi Taamallah

Mosque arson in US comes days after Sikhs attacked

Authorities considering defining attack against minority as “domestic terrorism”

Daily News Egypt September 1, 2012

The rise of the thugs

Stepping back and taking a good look at the news, I realised…

Rana Allam January 13, 2013

Onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide bombing in the restive southern province of Abyan on 5 August. The suicide attack blamed on Al-Qaeda in Jaar, one of a string of towns in Abyan province that were retaken by government troops in June after being held by Al-Qaeda loyalists for more than a year, killed 45 people, local officials said, as residents voiced fears that a lack of security personnel on the ground will allow the jihadists to return AFP PHOTO / STR

Politics Region

Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen

This latest bombing in Yemen highlights the fragile state of Yemen’s security

Luiz Sanchez August 5, 2012

Patient receives treatment in the El-Mounira hospital (Hassan Ibrahim)

Hospital security continues to crumble

Doctors unable to treat patients at public hospitals for fear of safety

Connor Molloy August 5, 2012

The shuffle in the Ministry of Interior announced on Monday at a press conference will move thousands of officers into new positions (photo: Mohamed Omar)

Massive reshuffle underway in the Ministry of Interior

The Egyptian Interior Minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, announces the reassignment of 3,800 police…

Luiz Sanchez July 30, 2012

Refugees from Mali rest in the shade of a tree inside a refugee camp (photo: AFP / Ahmed Ouoba)

Politics Region World

Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

A dozen aid workers are evacuated from the border of Algeria in…

Rana Muhammad Taha July 29, 2012

A nurse treats a tourist at an Egyptian hospital (AFP/file photo)

Hospitals under Attack

Multiple attacks a few hours apart lead to a doctors’ strike and…

Nouran El-Behairy July 29, 2012

A screengrab taken from a video released on YouTube shows Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau AFP PHOTO / YOUTUBE

Politics Region

Nigerian authorities implicate militant group in attack

Following a robbery and killing of two Indian nationals, Nigerian security authorities…

Ahmed Khalifa July 26, 2012