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MOSCOW, August 13. /TASS/. The US is ready to hold a meeting with Moscow on mutual diplomatic "irritants," a new Russian breakthrough in Donbass threatens to shatter Ukraine's remaining defenses, and ...
Fallujah and Iraq's Anbar province, home to some of the toughest fighting during the U.S. presence in Iraq, now resounds with ...
In a move signaling renewed energy cooperation, Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani met with Syria's energy chief Mohammed ...
A viral video from Iraq shows children jumping from their balcony to save themselves from a fire. The blaze occurred at a residential complex in the capital of Baghdad. The footage shows a group of ...
Pakistani officials on Tuesday welcomed a move by the U.S. State Department to designate a Pakistani separatist group as a ...
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Iraq shuts 10 banks in restructuring scheme

Aim to restore confidence Deposits not returned Iraqis keep money at home Iraq has ordered the liquidation of 10 of its banks as part of plans to restructure its financial sector after some ...
By bna Cairo bureau The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) held talks with global consultancy Oliver Wyman to examine a banking reform plan proposed by the Iraqi Private Banks Association to advance sector ...
In Tunisia and across the Mediterranean, coastal communities are fighting an invasive blue crab by turning it into food.
Despite the lingering scars left by the Islamic State's capture of swaths of Iraq and Syria over a decade ago and the current ...