Israel has arrested 40 Hamas members in the Nablus area who it claims were plotting attacks against it. The Hamas group’s leaders were working to renew Hamas activy in the West Bank, the Israeli security agency Shin Bet told the Jerusalem Post. The arrests reportedly took place over the past[…]
Swiss authorities have arrested seven leading FIFA officials in Zurich on racketeering and bribery charges brought by the United States and announced they have opened a criminal case in connection with the allocation of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The arrested officials are among 14 people named in a[…]
Loyalist troops in Burundi have arrested at least three leaders of a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, a presidential spokesman said. Gervais Abayeho said those arrested on Friday were two army generals, including former Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye, and a police general. Major-General Godefroid Niyombare, who led the coup[…]
Saudi Arabia says it has arrested 93 people, including 65 Saudi nationals, on suspicion of belonging to the armed group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The kingdom’s official Saudi Press news agency said on Tuesday that it foiled had several plots across the country, including an[…]
Tunisian authorities have arrested four people allegedly directly linked to Wednesday’s attack apparently targeting tourists at a museum that killed at least 21 people. Five others suspected of having ties to the gunmen behind the raid, have also been detained, the presidency said in a statement. Forty seven others were[…]
Fifteen people have been detained for planning a terrorist attack on policemen in Belgium, authorities said Friday, while warning the public to remain vigilant. “I think we gave an important blow to terrorism in Belgium,” prosecution spokesman Eric Van der Sypt said. “[But] nobody can really predict what’s going to[…]
A year after three Al-Jazeera English journalists were arrested in Egypt, they and their families are pleading for justice and an end to their ordeal. The unprecedented arrest and prosecution of Australian Peter Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed sent a chill through the media in Egypt. They[…]
Following the arrest of three more people on the weekend, a total of 10 people have now been charged with the murders of six Kraaifontein men, the NPA said on Tuesday. “Each is facing six counts of premeditated murder,” said National Prosecuting Authority regional spokesman Eric Ntabazalila. The additional arrests[…]
Seven men were arrested on Wednesday following the murders of six men whose bodies were found near a farm outside Kraaifontein, Cape Town police said. “They are detained for questioning,” Captain Frederick van Wyk said. The group was expected to appear in the Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court soon. Police suspected[…]
Egyptian authorities have arrested a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in the latest crackdown on the outlawed group. Mohamed Ali Bishr was arrested at his home in the Nile Delta on Thursday on charges of calling for mass protests on November 28, state media said. Bishr, a veteran politician[…]
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