violence
Interior Ministry shuts down 3 Facebook accounts for inciting violence, arrests 11 suspects
Egypt
February 1, 2017
Interior Ministry shuts down 3 Facebook accounts for inciting violence, arrests 11 suspects
The Interior Ministry's Communications and Information Technology Sector announced that three Facebook accounts were shut down for publishing material that…
Violence spreads like a contagious infection among friends
Life & Style
December 31, 2016
Violence spreads like a contagious infection among friends
Adolescents who engaged in violent activities were more likely to have friends – and friends of friends – who had…
Egypt condemns Russian ambassador killing, Berlin lorry attack
Egypt
December 20, 2016
Egypt condemns Russian ambassador killing, Berlin lorry attack
Al-Azhar has condemned the shooting of Russian Ambassador Andrey Karlov, saying in a statement on Monday, that “the prophet and…
Militant group claims assassination of Egyptian policeman
Egypt
October 8, 2016
Militant group claims assassination of Egyptian policeman
A new Egyptian militant group, the Hasam Movement, on Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman in the…
German right-wing leader backs citizens’ right to arm themselves
World
August 21, 2016
German right-wing leader backs citizens’ right to arm themselves
The leader of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has spoken out in favor of people arming themselves with…
Children’s council running anti-school violence campaign
Life & Style
March 4, 2016
Children’s council running anti-school violence campaign
The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood has launched a campaign to raise awareness against violence at schools, its general…
117 handed prison sentences for attacks on Minya church, electricity transformer
Egypt
March 2, 2016
117 handed prison sentences for attacks on Minya church, electricity transformer
A military court in Assiut has handed down prison sentences of between five and ten years to 117 alleged Muslim…
Father cries injustice as 4-year-old son convicted of sabotage, rioting
Egypt
February 21, 2016
Father cries injustice as 4-year-old son convicted of sabotage, rioting
The father of a four-year-old boy convicted of violence and sentenced to 28 years in prison has cried injustice, saying…
Gang warfare in El Salvador pushes death rate to record
World
January 21, 2016
Gang warfare in El Salvador pushes death rate to record
William Hernandez, tired and aching, had just finished a 24-hour shift as a coroner examining more than a dozen corpses…