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Qatar finance minister arrested over alleged embezzlement -statement
Middle East
May 6, 2021
Qatar finance minister arrested over alleged embezzlement -statement
Qatari Finance Minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi was arrested for questioning over allegations of embezzlement, abuse of power and crimes related…
Far-right crime hits record high in Germany
World
May 5, 2021
Far-right crime hits record high in Germany
Germany saw a big jump last year in politically motivated crimes, and offences committed by far-right supporters hit a record…
Balcony death spotlights social pressure for single Egyptian women
Egypt
April 29, 2021
Balcony death spotlights social pressure for single Egyptian women
Nesma Nasr once stayed a week without water in her Cairo apartment, afraid to call a plumber because of the…
Maadi man who sexually assaulted child sentenced to 10 years in prison
Egypt
April 28, 2021
Maadi man who sexually assaulted child sentenced to 10 years in prison
On Tuesday, Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Mohamed Gawdat to ten years in prison for sexually harassing a homeless child inside…
Irish director Terry George teams up with Egyptian writer Mariam Naoum to produce ‘The Alexandria Killings’ series
Cinema/TV
April 27, 2021
Irish director Terry George teams up with Egyptian writer Mariam Naoum to produce ‘The Alexandria Killings’ series
Irish screenwriter and director Terry George, the 2012 Oscar prize winner behind “Hotel Rwanda”, is working alongside Egyptian writer Mariam…
Egyptian parliament tightens penalty for female genital mutilation
Egypt
April 26, 2021
Egyptian parliament tightens penalty for female genital mutilation
Egypt’s House of Representatives has approved, by a two-thirds majority, a bill to tighten the penalty for female genital mutilation…
Egypt arrests three men accused of raping disabled girl
Egypt
April 23, 2021
Egypt arrests three men accused of raping disabled girl
Prosecutors from Cairo’s Al-Matareya district ordered the arrest of three men accused of kidnapping and raping a girl with a…
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
Middle East
April 13, 2021
Libyan officials say UN-sanctioned human trafficker freed
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities released one of the country’s most wanted human traffickers less than four months after his…
Egypt’s senate approves strict punishment against bullying disabled persons
Egypt
April 5, 2021
Egypt’s senate approves strict punishment against bullying disabled persons
The Egyptian Senate approved on Sunday a bill to amend the Disabled Persons Act to counter the crime of bullying…
Cleaver lodged in woman’s forehead by husband’s second wife in Sohag
Egypt
March 23, 2021
Cleaver lodged in woman’s forehead by husband’s second wife in Sohag
On Monday, a medical team in the Department of Neurosurgery at Sohag University Hospital successfully extracted a cleaver from the…