Alba tightens belt over falling aluminium pricesAluminium Bahrain (Alba) is bracing for a tough year ahead with the price of aluminium at London Metal Exchange (LME) expected to stay low. The company’s chief executive Tim Murray told a town hall meeting of employees at the Oasis Hall More… |
EU ministers to tighten border checks, gun controlsEU interior and justice ministers in Brussels on Friday pledged solidarity with France in the wake of the Paris attacks a week ago and agreed a series of new measures on surveillance, border checks and gun control. More… |
Sisi to tighten grip on Egypt despite new parliamentWhen general Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi swapped his uniform for a suit to become Egyptian president, he mapped out a return to democracy culminating in parliamentary elections. These start on Sunday (October 18 More… |
Gulf states tighten security after mosque blastsIt may have been a prank, albeit a malevolent one, or a genuine threat of violence, when flyers featuring the Islamic State flag were placed near a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Bahrain this week. But whatever the motive, the unset More… |
Sanctions tighten pressure on Iran's oil industryA new round of US and European sanctions targets Iran's dilapidated oil sector from top to bottom, making it even more difficult to maintain output capacity and domestic supplies of fuel, said experts. The US, seeking to halt Tehran More… |
US tightens 'no-fly' rule after failed NY bombThe Obama administration on Wednesday ordered airlines to step up their efforts to prevent people on the 'no-fly' list from boarding flights after the suspected Times Square bomber got on an Emirates plane. Faisal Shahzad, the Paki More… |
Dubai Airports tighten screening for fluDubai Airports said it was working very closely with the Department of Health to prevent the entry of H1N1 influenza into the country and had tightened its screening procedure. As part of the preventive measures thermal imaging cameras hav More… |
US seeks to tighten grip on Wall StreetWall Street faces curbs on risk taking and the prospect of lower profits under sweeping US proposals to prevent a repeat of the credit crisis. The Obama administration's plan to rewrite financial rules, announced on Thursday, would create More… |