The Iraqi government may be unable to fulfill its commitments in terms of wages for reasons including corruption and planning failures, as Baghdad has financial woes that may prevent it from paying …
US and Iraq unwinding strategic space
Since the US invasion Iraq has not seen the peace, progress or democracy it had hoped for. On the contrary, during the past three decades, it has become a hotbed of extremism, terrorism and resultant …
Kim Jong Un Destroys Joint Korea Office in Rebuke to Seoul
Korean liaison office on its side of the border, in an explosive rebuke to Seoul that appeared designed to draw maximum global attention with little immediate risk of war.The move represented North Ko …
UAE finances anti-Turkey PKK terrorists in northern Iraq: Report
A report says the United Arab Emirates has allegedly provided financial support to the anti-Turkey PKK militant group in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. A security source at the …
Thailand plans $722 million subsidy to spur domestic travel after virus crisis
Thailand will defray costs for domestic holidaymakers, with the cabinet approving measures worth 22.4 billion baht ($722 million) on Tuesday, to help the tourism industry after visitors dried up …
Philippine journalist’s trial suggests ‘orchestrated attempt’ to hush state critics: BowerGroupAsia
The arrest and trial of veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, among other incidents, suggest a possible “weaponizing” of the law in an “orchestrated attempt” to silence the government’s critics, …
India Says Three Soldiers Died in Clash With Chinese Troops
India says at least three of its soldiers have died in a “violent” clash with Chinese troops at a section along their unmarked border high in the Himalayas, in the first fatalities resulting from …
Qatar- New platform using data technology blockchain may boost GCC sukuks, says S&P report
The new platform for sukuk issuance and management using data technology blockchain could boost GCC issuance volumes over time, S & P Global Ratings has said in a report. Launched last year, the …
Top Qatar State Companies Cut Wage Bills Over Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — Some of Qatar’s biggest state-owned companies have cut their wage bills as part of a wider government plan to reduce spending and bolster finances to mitigate the impact of the …
Home Is Where Singapore’s New Casino Is
The house arrest of pandemic lockdowns seems to have thrown open the gambling switch in our brains.How else to rationalize the frothy frenzy across asset classes globally, a madness so complete that …