Economics and Policy Mohammed Morsi has been dramatically ousted, after a year as president of Egypt. More from The National Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani has called for the government and powerful clergy to end interference in the private lives of the Iranian people, free up internet access and for state media to be more open about Iran's problems. More from Reuters France has urged Lebanon to sign a tax information exchange treaty to avoid placing the country in the noncooperative countries or “tax-havens states. More from The Daily Star Companies and Business The new head of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, Ahmad al-Sayed, is known and feared as a hard, aggressive negotiator – and his appointment signals the fund's ambitious overseas acquisition plans are likely to continue. More from Reuters Middle East airline carriers recorded the strongest year-on-year traffic growth in May at 11.7 per cent, far
