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Marseille knife attack 'could be' terrorism but not confirmed

Marseille - Muslimchronicle

France's Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said Sunday that a knife attack that left two women dead in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille might have been terrorism but it was not yet confirmed. He said about a dozen witnesses were being questioned about the incident at the city's main railway station. "This act could be terrorist in nature but atRead more

King Salman calls for draft law criminalizing sexual harassment

Dubai - Muslimchronicle

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman continued his push to improve women’s rights in the Kingdom this week, calling on the interior minister to draft a law criminalizing sexual harassment. The announcement came just days after the decree lifting the ban on women drivers. The interior minister has been given 60 days to draft the new sexual harassment law enforcing penalties onRead more

Terror cell behind Barcelona attacks ‘dismantled’

Madrid - Muslimchronicle

The terror cell behind Spain’s deadly twin attacks has been “dismantled,” Interior Minister Juan Ignacio Zoido said Saturday, as police still hunted for one remaining suspect. “The cell has been completely dismantled,” he told reporters of the cell that is believed to have consisted of at least 12 young men, many of them Moroccan, some teenagers. Police said the threeRead more

Israel's high court says Palestinian Jerusalemites native born residents

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israel’s high court ruled that Palestinian Jerusalemites are native born residents and must not be treated as immigrants, Radio Israel reported. "When the interior minister must examine a request to restore a permanent residency to a resident of East Jerusalem, they must consider the special circumstances of these residents – that as opposed to immigrants seeking status – they haveRead more

Facing new claims, Poland’s Walesa denies spying

Warsaw - Arab Today

Poland’s Solidarity hero Lech Walesa on Tuesday flatly denied allegations that fresh handwriting analysis proved he had collaborated with the communist-era secret police in the early 1970s. The country’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), which prosecutes crimes from the Nazi and communist eras, said last week there was “no longer any doubt” that Walesa had signed a collaboration agreement asRead more

Court delays appeal about unconstitutionality of protest law to Dec 3

Cairo - Arab Today

The Supreme Constitutional Court decided in its session held on Saturday to delay until December 3 looking into an appeal filed by lawyer Tarek el Awadi and others that the law regulating the right to protest is unconstitutional. The court set December 3 as a date to announce a verdict in a similar lawsuit against the protest law. The appealRead more

Romanian former secret police chief to face trial

Bucharest - Arab Today

Four former communist officials in Romania, including the head of the hated secret police and the then interior minister, will go on trial over the 1985 death of a dissident, prosecutors said Monday. Tudor Postelnicu, 84, who headed the Securitate until dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s regime fell in 1989, and George Homostean, 92, have been charged with crimes against humanity. TheyRead more

Iraqi PM accepts resignation of interior minister

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Mohamed Salem al Ghabban, an Iraqi source said. The resignation, declared by Ghabban in a press conference on Tuesday and submitted to the prime minister, was accepted, added the source. So far, however, there is no relevant official statement from the media bureau of the Iraqi Premier. EarlierRead more

French government allows labor demonstration

Paris - Arab Today

The French government on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for the demonstration called by French unions to protest labor reforms in Paris, reversing a ban announced just hours earlier."After tough talks with the interior minister, the union and student organisations obtained the right to demonstrate," Philippe Martinez of the far-left CGT union told a news conference. He called the U-turnRead more

Daesh behind attack that killed 2 policemen in Turkey

Ankara - Arab Today

Turkey's interior minister says a car bombing that killed two police officers and wounded 22 other people in the southern city of Gaziantep, near Syria, was carried out by militants linked to Daesh group, ABC News reported on Monday. Minister Efkan Ala told reporters that up to 50 people were detained for questioning in Gaziantep over Sunday's attack. The ministerRead more