CAIRO: Egyptian police have arrested and charged five people for animal cruelty, the Interior Ministry said.
In the first incidence, two people were held in Alexandria, northern Egypt, after a photo appeared on Facebook showing one of them holding a dog over the edge of a balcony.
They confessed to having committed the crime and will face legal action, the ministry said.
In the second incidence, three people were arrested after they posted a video clip on social media showing them torturing a cat.

AL-MUKALLA: Authorities in the Yemeni city of Taiz and surrounding areas have stepped up security measures, including a ban on carrying weapons and the installation of security cameras, in an attempt to resolve long-standing security issues and protect international humanitarian workers.

ADEN: A severe storm in southern Yemen blew through the glass facade of a key airport on Monday, wounding six passengers, damaging planes and forcing airlines to cancel two flights, officials said.
The incident at the airport in Aden coincided with torrential rainfall and heavy winds as the summer monsoon season exposes the climate-vulnerable country to flash floods and severe precipitation.
At least four children were among the six people wounded when a glass facade at an airport terminal collapsed due to the storm early Monday, said an airport official.

BEIRUT: There was anger and grief in the town of Chekka in northern Lebanon on Monday after several dogs were poisoned.

One resident, Maurice Boulos, aged 52, was walking his eight-year-old dog Wind one evening when the animal ate some chicken laced with poison that had been left in the street. Wind was dead within half an hour.

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief on Monday signed an agreement worth $2 million with the UN Population Fund to help provide decent livelihoods for some of the most vulnerable women and girls in Yemen.

Under the agreement, which will benefit 42,960 people in the provinces of Shabwa, Lahj, Al-Mahra, Marib and Hadramout, individuals at risk of gender-based violence will be assisted and empowered through the provision of vocational training programs and psychological and social services.