World’s ‘most expensive’ tea grown in Chinese panda poo
Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea — panda poo. The former calligraphy teacher has purchased 11 tons…
IMF to visit Egypt this week for loan talks: source
WASHINGTON: Egyptian authorities and the International Monetary Fund will begin talks in Cairo this week on a possible 18-month IMF loan program worth about $3 billion, an IMF source said…
Egypt: Israeli pilgrimage ‘impossible’ this year
CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday it had told Israel that it would not be "appropriate" for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-century…
Assad takes defiant message to Damascus street
DAMASCUS: President Bashar Al-Assad made a rare public appearance vowing to defeat a "conspiracy" against Syria on Wednesday, a day after he blamed foreign interests for stoking months of deadly…
Iran blames Israel, US for killing of nuclear scientist
TEHRAN: An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in a Tehran car bombing on Wednesday that the Islamic republic immediately blamed on Israel and the United States, worsening a tense international…
Rage in Nigeria strike fuels fears of unrest
LAGOS: Thick black smoke and flames rose from the burning roadblock that cut off a highway linking Nigeria's mainland to the islands where the oil-rich nation's wealthy live. The bare-chested…
Yemen should reject Saleh immunity law, says HRW
DUBAI: A Yemeni government proposal to grant President Ali Abdullah Saleh amnesty in return for his speedy exit is an affront to thousands who suffered under his rule and should…
Senior US diplomat to meet Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO: The US State Department's number two was to meet Wednesday with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood's party after it claimed a crushing victory in the first parliamentary polls since…
Elections to be repeated in Qena, South Sinai, run-offs halted in Daqahleya
CAIRO: The Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) ordered that election run-offs will not take place in several constituencies in Daqahleya, Qena and South Sinai, in compliance with court orders. The run-offs…
Jimmy Carter says few problems don’t disrupt elections
CAIRO: Former US president Jimmy Carter arrives at a polling station in Rod El-Farag in Cairo. (Daily News Egypt Photo / Hassan Ibrahim)said there were only few problems that don’t…