Iraq’s Finance Minister Taif Sami has asserted that Baghdad disbursed the Kurdistan Region’s salaries for December and has not withheld any funds. Her statement to news agencies […] ...
Are Donald Trump’s first Iran sanctions moves the start of ‘maximum pressure’ or ‘art of the deal’?
The new sanctions came just days after Trump ordered the federal government to put “maximum pressure” on Iran — renewing a strategy used during his first term as president. The president ordered ...
India has ‘enormously high’ tariffs: US top economic adviser says as Trump unleashes trade war
United States President Donald Trump's top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, said that India's import tariffs are “enormously high” amid the trade war raging between America and other countries, ...
Trump’s sovereign wealth fund likely to be aimed at China, but how will he finance it?
It is still to be determined how large America’s first national SWF will be and how it would be funded, but Mr Trump said it could monetise the US$5.7 trillion (S$7.72 trillion) in assets that the US ...
Thailand Expects a Tourism Boom From Season 3 of ‘The White Lotus’
Thailand is about to see a significant increase in international arrivals following The White Lotus season set there.
Thailand to start selection process in March for next central bank governor
Thailand will start the selection process for a new central bank governor in March to replace incumbent Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, whose five-year term ends in September, the finance minister said on ...
Blooming Prairie man sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexual exploitation of child in Thailand
A Blooming Prairie man was sentenced to 17 1/2 in federal prison for the sexual exploitation of a minor in Thailand. Steven John Sokel, 61, was handed the sentence last week in U.S. District Court in ...
Iran’s campaign trail threats against Trump more serious than publicly reported, book claims
Iran's threats of potentially assassinating President Donald Trump have loomed over the president and presented a more serious threat than publicly reported, a new book claims.
Vietnam bartender arrested over tourist deaths linked to tainted alcohol
A bartender in Vietnam is under arrest for allegedly making a deadly drink using medical alcohol that killed a British woman and her fiancé.
Fresh Wave of Violence as Bangladesh’s Ousted Ex-Leader Addresses Nation
Students who led a revolution resulting in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fleeing the country in August sparred anew with supporters of her political party.