An IED exploded at Helmeyet al-Zeitoun metro station east of Cairo on Thursday morning leaving at least four passengers injured. Bomb squads are currently combing the station. Subway movement stopped on the Marg-Helwan line due to the blast, security sources … read more
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a decree on Wednesday giving him the authority to transfer non-Egyptian defendants on trial or already convicted to be sent to their countries to be tried or serve their sentences. The new law stipulates that … read more
Gunmen in a fishing boat opened fire on an Egyptian naval launch which shot back, killing at least four of the attackers on Wednesday, security sources and state media said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assault in the Mediterranean north … read more
The son of a high level Egyptian security officer was abducted by unknown assailants early on Wednesday, on his way to school, Al-Ahram’s Arabic news website reported. Gunmen stopped a private car at a road in the satellite city of … read more
Egypt’s presidency denied a Saudi media report saying that President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s guards stopped an attack against his motor parade on 26 October. Al-Madina newspaper reported that a 30-year-old man tried to target El-Sisi’s parade with a bomb car. He … read more
One man has been killed and another injured in a motorbike accident on Cairo’s ring road Wednesday, Ahram Arabic news website reported. The motorbike reportedly exploded on the ring road, which circles the capital, near Al-Waraq area. Security sources said … read more
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