Tag: security

A member of the Egyptian security forces takes position on a sand dune during an operation in the northern Sinai peninsula AFP PHOTO/STRINGER
EgyptPolitics

Canadian student arrested in Sinai

a Canadian student arrested in Sinai on suspicion of involvement in an…

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

Another violent incident highlights “inadequate” hospital security

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

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
Border guards funeral procession at Naser City turned into a protest - Mohamed Omar
EgyptPolitics

Funeral procession for border guards amid limited protests

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

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
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
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Mosque arson in US comes days after Sikhs attacked

Authorities considering defining attack against minority as “domestic terrorism”

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Opinion

The rise of the thugs

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

Rana Allam Rana Allam
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
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Bomb blast underlines fragile security in Yemen

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

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

Hospital security continues to crumble

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

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
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)
EgyptPolitics

Massive reshuffle underway in the Ministry of Interior

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

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
Refugees from Mali rest in the shade of a tree inside a refugee camp (photo: AFP / Ahmed Ouoba)
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Spanish foreign minister: Mali a ‘platform for terrorism’

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

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

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

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