The IMF has long said the law, which was passed on Thursday night, was crucial for Lebanon to recover from the crisis, in which the currency lost over 90 per cent of its value and bank deposits were ...
Sanctions Push Russian Money into Kyrgyz Crypto Markets
Despite tightening financial rules and Western sanctions on its traditional banking sector, Kyrgyzstan is seeing a surge in ruble-linked cryptocurrency trading, facilitating continued Russian efforts ...
Transfers with rouble-backed crypto coin pass $40 billion after July spike, researchers say
A rouble-backed stablecoin that could help Russia circumvent Western restrictions on payments has seen a jump in transaction volumes in July, with funds moved through the coin surging past $40 billion ...
Kyrgyzstan Hits Growth Streak: Economy Holds Steady Despite External Stuff
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 1. Kyrgyzstan's economy continues to demonstrate impressive growth momentum. According to official data, ...
Laos braced for blow of Trump tariff threat
Hawking clothes outside the garment factory where her daughter toils inside, a Laos vendor weighs US President Donald Trump's threat of trade tariffs that may soon snarl both their livelihoods.But ...
Azerbaijan tightens banking operations on foreign financial sources
Azerbaijan has implemented new restrictions on banking operations involving foreign financial sources, with amendments signed by President Ilham Aliyev targeting unregistered foreign financial ...
Finance Ministry downplays US 15% tariff on Israeli goods, say there is ongoing dialogue for deal
The rate set for Israel is down from the initial 17% rate issued by the US president in the executive order signed in April, which imposed tariffs on a host of nations. The Finance Ministry responded ...
US Sanctions Houthi Petroleum, Financial Network
The United States sanctioned two individuals and five entities on Tuesday that have imported refined petroleum product ...
Cracks appear in MAGA’s pro-Israel front
As the world watches a humanitarian crisis unfold across Gaza, some of Israel's most staunchly conservative defenders have begun speaking out against its actions in the occupied territories ...
Victim’s family refuses to pardon Indian nurse on death row in Yemen: ‘Blood cannot be bought’
The family of a Yemeni man killed by an Indian nurse has refused to grant her a pardon, dashing hopes of her family to negotiate a deal that will save her from execution.