The Latest Breaking News from Ministry of Interior

Mobilise to fight PM2.5

PM2.5 dust pollution appears to be worse. Not only worse than during almost three years of the Covid-19 pandemic but in previous years as well.

Bangkok Post · Mar 13, 2023

Taiwan Heading Into Its Super-aged Era

According to projections, Taiwan will become one of the oldest countries in the world in 2060 when the share of the elderly is likely to reach 41.4% of the population.

The News Lens · Mar 7, 2023

A Japanese Resident’s Experience of Becoming a Naturalized Taiwanese Citizen

Kenzo Hirohashi, a writer who has been living in Taiwan for three decades, recently became a naturalized citizen. Why did he decide to become a Taiwanese citizen?

The News Lens · Mar 6, 2023

Iraq’s Sudani Refers Officials Involved in Human Rights Violations to Judiciary

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani announced on Saturday that officials, including military officers, have been referred to the judiciary for committing serious human rights violations. Although a government statement did not name the officials, media reports said Sudani was referring to the Permanent Committee to Investigate Corruption and Significant…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 25, 2022

Qatar detains Briton in criminal probe into death at offshore platform -official

Qatari authorities have detained a British national as part of a criminal investigation into the death of a Briton at an offshore facility, where another Briton was also injured, a Ministry of Interior official said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022

Iraq: Sacking of Security Leaders Raises Suspicions of ‘Political Purge’

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Al-Sudani, in record timing, has imposed unprecedented administrative changes by sacking hundreds of security officials and replacing them with individuals loyal to the Coordination Framework. The Coordination Framework is an umbrella bloc of Iraqi Shiite parties united mostly by their opposition to the Sadrist movement. Ahmed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 3, 2022

Kuwait Marathon Returns Despite Pressure

Kuwaiti MP Alia Al-Khaled announced on Wednesday that the Marathon organized by the National Bank of Kuwait would be launched on Saturday, Dec.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 1, 2022

Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country

Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state

The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022

Iraqi Prime Minister Faces ‘Oil Mafia’

Less than two weeks after the “theft of the century” scandal, which saw the “disappearance” of $2.5 billion in Iraqi tax insurance funds, a new major theft emerged, involving nine senior officers in the Ministry of Interior in the southern province of Basra. A document issued by the Iraqi Ministry…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 4, 2022

Gun loopholes need plugging

The government appears to be serious about controlling gun ownership and cracking down on illicit drug trafficking in the aftermath of the recent massacre at a childcare centre in Nong Bua Lam Phu province, where a total of 36 people, mostly pre-school children, were killed by a former police officer.…

Bangkok Post · Oct 17, 2022