US president says the Egyptian government has yet to put forward a ‘credible, concrete and unequivocal path to democracy’ after President Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down.

Egypt is taking its first serious stab at clamping down on smoking with a campaign launched Thursday to enforce a ban in the scenic seaside city of Alexandria, no small feat in a nation where four out of 10 men use tobacco. Authorities are determined...

From subsistence farmers eating rice in Ecuador to gourmets feasting on escargot in France, consumers worldwide face rising food prices in what analysts call a perfect storm of conditions. Freak weather is a factor. But so are dramatic changes in the...