Security and Crime

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  • Two Paris-bound Air France flights from US diverted due to bomb threats

    Date: 2015-11-18 19:11:49 GMT - France - Security and Crime - SN:129 - ID:3758833

    PARIS, Nov 18 (MENA ) - Two Air France flights en route to Paris from the United States were diverted on Tuesday following anonymous bomb threats, and hundreds of passengers and crew were safely removed, the airline and the Federal Aviation ....

  • Takfiri killed, 47 suspects arrested in N. Sinai

    Date: 2015-11-17 14:22:03 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:111 - ID:3749665

    ARISH, Nov 17 (MENA) - A Takfiri person was killed and 47 suspects were arrested in a crackdown in North Sinai, security sources said Tuesday. The sources added that the crackdown targeted areas in Rafah, Arish and Sheikh Zuwaid. As part of ....

  • Naval Forces foil drug smuggling attempt

    Date: 2015-11-17 12:50:55 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:81 - ID:3748897

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Egyptian Naval Forces on Tuesday foiled an attempt to smuggle large quantities of drugs into Egypt via Damietta port. The forces managed to seize up to 1,250 kg of drugs planned to be smuggled into Egypt. The move comes ....

  • Egypt denies arrest of 2 Sharm airport officials over Russian plane crash

    Date: 2015-11-17 10:57:22 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:49 - ID:3747553

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) – The Interior Ministry denied news reports about detaining two employees at Sharm el Sheikh airport suspected to have helped plant a bomb on the Russian plane, which crashed over North Sinai in late October. These news ....

  • 11 Takfiris killed in N. Sinai crackdown

    Date: 2015-11-16 20:45:31 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:113 - ID:3745101

    ARISH, Egypt, Nov 16 (MENA) - Eleven Takfiris were killed in a security campaign in North Sinai on Monday, according to security sources. Troops raided hideouts of terrorists in Arish, Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah cities, said the ....

  • Around 500 people evacuated from Moscow train station over bomb threat

    Date: 2015-11-16 19:42:53 GMT - Russia - Security and Crime - SN:104 - ID:3744841

    MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - Some 500 people were evacuated from a Moscow train station after a bomb threat, Sputnik quoted an emergencies source as saying Monday. The Russian national anti-terror committee urged to exercise caution after the Paris ....

  • 16 MB middle-ranking leaders arrested

    Date: 2015-11-16 11:15:10 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:38 - ID:3740521

    CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Sixteen middle-ranking leaders of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were arrested as part of intensive security measures to nab terror elements and restore order and security across the nation. The arrests were made ....

  • Spy helicopters, tracking devices seized at Suez Port

    Date: 2015-11-16 11:01:34 GMT - Egypt - Security and Crime - SN:36 - ID:3740217

    CAIRO, NOV 16 (MENA) – Security forces foiled an attempt to smuggle a large number of helicopter toys that can be used in spying, and tracking and wireless devices at Suez Port. An import-export company owner based in Alexandria imported a ....

  • Ashton: US will take ‘additional steps’ to respond to Paris attacks

    Date: 2015-11-14 18:06:03 GMT - USA - Security and Crime - SN:110 - ID:3730345

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told French Minster of Defense Jean-Yves le Drian in a telephone call on Saturday that the US stands with France in the wake of a string of deadly terrorist attacks in Paris and that ....

  • 100 hostages abducted in Bataclan theatre in Paris

    Date: 2015-11-13 22:31:27 GMT - France - Security and Crime - SN:83 - ID:3724813

    PARIS, Nov 13 (MENA) – As many as 18 people were killed in a Paris restaurant in the 10th arrondissement and at the Bataclan theatre, where a hostage-taking is under way, the Guardian reported on Friday. Police said 100 hostages were being held ....

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