Business activity in Egypt expanded at a near-record pace in September, a survey showed on Tuesday, with a nascent economic recovery encouraging companies to hire for the first time in nearly 2-1/2 years. Egypt’s economy has been hit by more … read more
A roadside bomb explosion on Monday killed a 13-year-old boy in northern Sinai, where Egyptian security forces frequently clash with jihadists, security officials said. The blast occurred in the town of Sheikh Zuweid when the boy found the device, which … read more
Sexual harassment incidents have increased remarkably on the second day of Eid al-Adha holiday, inspite of a reported decline on Saturday, the first day of Eid, “I Saw Harrasment” initiative said Monday, citing absence of intesified security measures as the … read more
The Egyptian jihadist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis has decapitated three people and shot a fourth on accusations of “collaborating” with Israel’s Mossad agency and the Egyptian army, according to a video published on online jihadist forums on Sunday. The … read more
Egyptian security forces in the Suez Canal city of Port Said say they have uncovered a recruitment cell for the radical militant group Islamic State (IS). A police official told Egypt’s state news agency MENA that members of the cell … read more
Prosecutors in Upper Egypt have ordered an investigation into nine policemen over the sexual harassment of a woman. They will be detained for 15 days pending investigations into the incident in Minya. Two are accused of sexually harassing the woman, … read more
Human Rights Monitor submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for their urgent intervention in the case of the detained minor Mohamed Abdellatif in Egypt, the group … read more
The number of Egyptians killed during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca reached 20 on Saturday, an Egyptian interior ministry official said. The two most recent casualties were two Egyptian women who both died from a drop in blood pressure, interior … read more
It has been a week in many ways dedicated to the memory of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In the last seven days, Egyptian radio, TV and press, state-run and private, have given tremendous attention to remembering in the eyes of some — … read more
Unidentified gunmen abducted Friday evening a Sufi religious leader and others South Sheikh Zuweid city in North Sinai, army source said, adding that they were kidnapped from a prayer area following Maghrib prayers. Militants of these “extremist” groups reject Sufism, … read more