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  • Iraq receives 50 Daesh prisoners from Syria

    Date: 2022-01-08 13:47:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:9356479

    BAGHDAD, Jan 8 (MENA) – Iraq said on Saturday its security forces received 50 Iraqi prisoners of Daesh militants captured earlier in Syria. The handover of the prisoners was carried out through Rabia border crossing in Iraq's northern province of ....

  • Mayar Sherif qualifies for finals of Gippsland Trophy’s women’s doubles

    Date: 2022-01-08 13:46:51 GMT - Australia - Security and Crime - SN:40 - ID:9356431

    CANBERRA, Jan 8 (MENA) – Egypt’s tennis star Mayar Sherif and the Czech Republic’s Tereza Martincova on Saturday qualified for the finals of the Gippsland Trophy’s women’s doubles. Sherif and her teammate have qualified after defeating doubles ....

  • Legal action taken against 51,696 people for not wearing face masks in one week

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:59:12 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:39 - ID:9356637

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry announced that it has taken legal measures against 51,696 people for not wearing face masks in a span of 24 hours. Meanwhile, as many as 51,267 violations of shop closure decisions were also detected ....

  • Trial of businessman Hassan Rateb, MP Alaa Hassanin delayed to Feb 12

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:58:23 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:38 - ID:9356560

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The criminal court on Saturday adjourned to February 12 the trial of well-known businessman Hassan Rateb and former MP Alaa Hassanin over antiquities trafficking charges. The two defendants together with 21 others are ....

  • 362 criminals arrested, 484 weapons seized in one week - Interior Ministry

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:53:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:37 - ID:9356585

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Ministry of Interior said Saturday that 362 dangerous criminals were arrested and 484 firearms seized nationwide over the past week. Also, up to 359,742 judicial rulings were implemented over the same period, the ....

  • 4 criminals arrested over possessing drugs, unlicensed weapons

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:52:11 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:9356531

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - Four criminal elements were arrested in Monofiya governorate with drugs and unlicensed weapons in their possession. Security forces had received a tip that some criminals were involved in trading drugs and possessing ....

  • Kazakhstan riots aim to undermine its integrity, Russian envoy says

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:51:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:9356423

    WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – Russia views the events in Kazakhstan as riots, provoked from the outside and aimed at undermining the security and integrity of the republic, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said in an interview for Newsweek ....

  • Bulgaria’s population decline by 11.5 in decade

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:50:34 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:34 - ID:9356580

    SOFIA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Bulgaria’s population has declined by 11.5 percent over the past decade, according to preliminary census results. The population fell by more than 844,000 people, from 7.3 million to 6.5 million people, Radio Free Europe ....

  • AU welcomes release of political prisoners in Ethiopia

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:40:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:9356582

    ADDIS ABABA, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, was pleased to learn of the release of political opposition figures detained in Ethiopia. The Chairperson welcomes this important gesture of ....

  • Interior Ministry continues to hold awareness campaigns to students on dangers of drugs

    Date: 2022-01-08 12:38:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:32 - ID:9356434

    CAIRO, Jan 8 (MENA) - The general drug directorate continued to hold awareness campaigns for school students nationwide to sensitize them on the dangers of drug addiction. This initiative was feted by workers at the Education Ministry. This falls ....

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