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Approximately 45.000 crimes were recorded by law enforcement agencies in 2022, First Deputy Interior Minister Adylbek Biybosunov said during the annual review meeting of the Ministry of Interior

More than 100 people have lost more than RM4,6 million (€989.000) since 2018 to online rewards scam

Prime Minister approved an order and a working group in charge of organising and implementing the project for the construction of a sports complex for children and youth approved during a visit to China in November 2022

The three-week Muscat Nights festival has come to an end; over 500.000 citizens, residents and tourists are estimated to have visited the four venues during the event

Vietnamese acrobatic artists Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp, known internationally as the 'Giang brothers', have set a world record in their latest international performance in a Guinness World Record show in Milan, Italy

The Friends of Arthritis Patients of the Sharjah Department of Health Promotion's Supreme Council for Family Affairs concluded the first Al Dhaid Charity Marathon with 1.000 runners

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan denied involvement in the suicide bomber attack who struck a mosque inside a police compound in Peshawar killing over 100 people, saying acts against religious sites would also be condemned under TTP rules

On the occasion of the delivery of a Brazilian humanitarian donation of 38 water purifiers, Brazilian Ambassador participated in a ceremony together with General Mohammad Kheir, head of the High Relief Committee and representatives of Lebanese NGOs

In the 1970s, the country ordered 1.000 vehicles from Swedish carmaker Volvo; to date, the state has yet to settle the bill

The Palestinian organisation Boycott4Pal explained why and how Lacoste supports and finances Israel, renewing its calls to boycott the French iconic brand

The first group of transit visa holders have arrived in Saudi Arabia; the four-day visa allows holders to make Umrah and travel throughout the kingdom

Jafar Panahi, the film director imprisoned on charges of carrying out anti-government propaganda with his work and banned from making films for 20 years, has been freed; the release came 48 hours after he began a hunger strike in protest

Over 470.000 passengers travelled through Larnaca and Paphos airports in this January, +105,6% on 2022 and +12% on the passenger traffic of January 2019, a record year; the largest traffic was coming from Greece, the UK, Israel, Poland and Germany