DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is assessing a request from Iraq to become a member of the multilateral financial institution, the bank’s acting …
Gas capture key to ending Iraq’s chronic power shortages
Iraq needs to step up plans to capture more volumes of flared gas to help the country’s stricken power generation capacity, according to speakers at an online forum on Iraq’s power sector. To tackle …
Call for EU to Remove Iraq from List of High-Risk Countries
Foreign Minister Mr. Fuad Hussein has met with Mr. Josep Borrell, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in the European Union, at the European Commission headqua …
Iraq to Export Barley for the First Time
By John Lee. Iraq’s Ministry of Agriculture has reportedly announced that it will export barley for the first time. A ministry spokesman told Shafaaq News Agency that 700,000 tons of barley will be …
Trade Bank of Iraq names Salem Chalabi as its new Chairman and President
Jalabi will oversee and manage the operations of the biggest Iraqi bank whose exceptional and unprecedented financial performance has resulted in it being ranked as one of the best regional banks and …
Trade Bank of Iraq names new Chairman and President
Abu Dhabi: Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) announced that it has named Salem Jawad Abdul Hadi Al-Jalabi as the company’s Chairman & President effective immediately under the directive of the Iraqi Prime …
From foe to friend: how Iran transformed post-war Iraq ties
In the four decades since Iran and Iraq went to war, Tehran has turned enmity into influence, seeing its allies installed in Baghdad’s halls of power and becoming its top trading partner.
Iran vows ‘hit’ on all involved in US killing of top general
The chief of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard threatened Saturday to go after everyone who had a role in a top general’s January killing during a U.S. drone strike in Iraq. The guard’s website …
COVID19: Iraq registers over 4,300 new cases, 76 deaths in the past 24 hours
Iraq’s Health and Environment Ministry announced on Friday that it had confirmed over 4,305 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, pushing the total national tally to over 300,000 …
Blast targets ‘American’ English school in southern Iraq
Iraqi police say an improvised explosive device has gone off outside an English-language institute in Najaf. No Americans were employed there.