Climate change, biofuels threaten food security: FAO
MILAN/ROME: Climate change bringing floods and drought, growing biofuel demand and national policies to protect domestic markets could drive up global food prices and threaten long-term food security, the United…
Suez Canal workers threaten hunger strike in Egypt
CAIRO: Several hundred administrative workers with Egypt's Suez Canal Authority are threatening to go on a hunger strike if their demands for promotions are not met. The workers were protesting…
Slight decrease in unemployment will likely be reversed: analysts
CAIRO: Egypt’s unemployment rate reached 8.92 percent during the second quarter of the current fiscal year, down slightly from 8.94 percent the previous quarter, official figures show. According to the…
Egypt charges ex-minister, puts travel ban on another
By Sameh Fahmy CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor charged the former tourism minister with corruption and barred the ex oil minister from traveling abroad pending an investigation into financial violations, state…
Diplomat says Egypt could ease Gaza blockade
RAMALLAH, West Bank: An Egyptian diplomat said Sunday his country's military leadership is considering loosening the travel restrictions on Palestinians leaving the neighboring Gaza Strip. Such a change could mark…
Bakery owners claim losses due to discrepancy in flour subsidies
CAIRO: A group of bakery owners who produce subsidized bread are claiming to have incurred heavy losses over time because the government has miscalculated the price of flour. A division…
Clinton talks Libya with Egyptian leader
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday spoke with new Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, stressing US support for democracy and updating him on US efforts to evacuate Egyptians…
Libyan rebels try to regroup after setback
RAS LANOUF: Libyan rebels said Monday they will regroup and bring in heavy weapons after forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded opposition fighters with helicopter gunships, artillery and rockets to…
Bahrainis take protests to US embassy
MANAMA: Pro-democracy activists protested at the US embassy in Bahrain on Monday, calling for Washington to press the authorities for democratic reform after weeks of demonstrations. Dozens of activists gathered…
Kuwait braces for pro-democracy rallies
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait braced for demonstrations against the government on Tuesday as youth groups promised to take their campaign to oust the prime minister to the streets of the oil-rich…