An explosion occurred on the Sharqiya railroad early Wednesday, leaving no injuries behind, a security source said. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said the explosion temporarily halted the railroad traffic on the Zagazig-Mansoura line. Egypt’s security forces have … read more
Recent studies indicate that more women in company leadership can increase company performance and that boards with high female representation experience a 53% higher return on equity than those with the least female representation. Women outperform in sales by 42% … read more
The Muslim Brotherhood has “clear links” to terrorist attacks in Egypt, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has said. Speaking to journalists at a joint Egyptian-Ethiopian committee in Addis Ababa, Shoukry said he was surprised some states do not acknowledge these … read more
Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, Egypt’s most active militant group, has sworn allegiance to Islamic State, a statement from Ansar said Monday night. Ansar had previously told Reuters that it sought inspiration and advice from Islamic State, the radical al-Qaeda offshoot that … read more
The Ministry of Tourism plans to implement a new stimulus programme from November, subsidising filled seats for up to a year at various airports across Egypt. The programme will cover airports in South Sinai, the Red Sea, Luxor, Aswan, North … read more
The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report evaluates how easy it is to do business in each country, and ranked Egypt at place 112. When talking about a global scale, Singapore is the country that toped the “Ease of … read more
Security authorities say they are currently questioning five people who returned from Syria after training with Islamic State militants and planned to carry out attacks targeting police and army forces. The suspects gave detailed information about their trainers who taught … read more
Mohamed Soltan, the Egyptian-American son of Muslim Brotherhood leader Salah Soltan, fell into a sugar coma on Sunday after 281 days on hunger strike. Spokesperson for the Soltan family, Sara Mohamed, said Sunday that a prison visitor witnessed Soltan’s transferral … read more
Egypt’s top prosecutor ordered on Sunday the detention of 35 suspects “affiliated with the Musilm Brotherhood and the Islamic State fighters in Syria” for 15 days pending investigation. Hisham Barakat, the prosecutor general, is accusing the detained suspects of committing … read more
Ten Sohag University students died Sunday from a accident on Kawamel road in the Upper Egypt governorate of Sohag. Five students were also severerly injured as a van they were passengers in fell into a dried sluiceway when the driver … read more