The bread queue can be a dangerous and dishonest place in  Egypt . People have killed over state-subsidized loaves. Corruption blights much of the trade. The problems, says the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, are why it has introduced a new way to deliver bread - safely and cleanly -...

Several Kuwaiti supermarket chains have begun boycotting products from Iran for its support of the Syrian regime, while activists staged a demonstration against the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement in the conflict. At least nine cooperative consumer societies out of 50 in the...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will take action against Hezbollah loyalists living in the GCC countries, a statement issued by the council said on Monday. “The GCC will take measures against [those] in the GCC countries affiliated with Hezbollah in regards to their residencies as well...

This week Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto signed into law a landmark telecommunications bill designed to boost competition in Mexico’s phone and television industry.  This has led to the generalized perception that  the new law — which allows regulators to make dominant...