Goldman bankers were accused of helping playboy financier Jho Low (pictured with musician Alicia Keys) funnel billions of dollars out of Malaysia's state-owned 1MDB redevelopment fund. ( read original story ...)
Bloated public salaries at heart of Iraq’s economic woes
Iraq's government is struggling to pay the salaries of its public sector employees, its coffers drained because of this year's plunge in oil prices ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq Emerges as New Front for Enforcement of Iran Oil Sanctions
Persian Gulf waters off Iraq have become an important waypoint for Iranian oil smugglers looking to avoid U.S. sanctions, according to American officials, who expressed frustration with Baghdad. ( read original story ...)
Iran blacklists U.S. ambassador in Iraq, reciprocating U.S. move
DUBAI — Iran on Friday blacklisted the U.S. ambassador in Iraq and two other diplomats following a similar move by the United States against Iran’s envoy to Baghdad, the Iranian Foreign ... ( read original story ...)
US sanctions Hezbollah officials, among them Iraq ambassador to Iran
Baghdadi “are members of Hezbollah’s Central Council,” while Iraj Masjedi serves as Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq. ( read original story ...)
Iraq’s ‘stadium of horrors’ in ruins, but the game goes on for Mosul Sports Club
Mosul, Iraq: Mohamed Fathi, coach of Mosul's football club in northern Iraq, hardly recognises the ruined football stadium once used by Islamic State group fighters to fire rockets and lob mortars ... ( read original story ...)
US against Iraq’s bids to acquire Russian missile systems: Lawmaker
An Iraqi legislator has criticized the United States for hampering Baghdad government's attempts to acquire Russia's long-range and surface-to-air missile systems to modernize its defense ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea finds no link between flu shot, boy’s death as toll rises
South Korea's forensic agency has found no links between a teenage boy's death and a flu shot he had taken, the Yonhap news agency reported, as 11 more people linked to the vaccination programme died, ... ( read original story ...)
‘Eating Rats’: Myanmar’s Second Lockdown Drives Hunger in City Slums
Myanmar's Second Lockdown Drives Hunger in City Slums YANGON (Reuters) - After the first wave of coronavirus hit Myanmar in March, 36-year-old Ma Suu closed her salad stall and pawned her jewelry and ... ( read original story ...)
As Myanmar prepares to vote, a COVID-19 outbreak is exposing the country’s meager progress
Five years after emerging from military rule, optimism over Myanmar's future is sinking over a troubled economy, a tarnished international image and an election that observers say won't be free or ... ( read original story ...)