8,282 public employees tested for drug abuse

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 - 01:05 GMT

The Addiction Treatment and Abuse Fund is intensifying campaigns aimed at extracting blood samples from public employees to determine whether they abuse drugs or not.

Driver of deadly train was drug addict: Lawmaker

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 - 10:34 GMT

"How come we entrust the Egyptian lives to a drug addict," the parliamentarian said, criticizing absence of a driver assistant.

Locomotive that caused Ramses station fire had no driver: official

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 - 10:41 GMT

The locomotive train that declined this morning and crashed into a buffer stop on platform 6, causing the fuel tank of the locomotive to explode, was discovered to be without a driver, official sources told Egypt Today.

Driver in custody after train derailed in Giza, investigations begin

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 - 03:55 GMT

The driver of the train that derailed near Giza on Friday, leaving 55 injured, was kept in custody as official investigations were launched into the accident.

Saudis detain women's advocates ahead of driving ban lift

Sat, 19 May 2018 - 05:10 GMT

Saudi authorities have arrested seven prominent women's rights advocates, dividing public opinion just weeks before the kingdom is set to lift its driving ban on women.