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The World Bank report highlights how digital transformation can expand women’s economic opportunities in Iraq, Jordan, and ...
By bnm Gulf bureau The foreign-calculated sums are stark. Iraq's budget deficit will more than double from 4.2% of GDP this ...
American interests are advanced by connecting the world’s free and open spaces through enhancing connectivity, buoying ...
The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...
The Iraqi government has long navigated a path between maintaining political ties with its Iranian neighbor and Tehran’s allies inside Iraq on the one hand, and preserving its security relationship ...
Iraq is undertaking a monumental $17 billion canal project that could rival one of the world’s most strategic waterways—the Suez Canal. This ambitious megaproject aims to create a new maritime ...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani left the country this morning, heading to Baghdad, to head the State of Qatar’s delegation participating in the 34th ...
Building on recent progress, the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) should continue modernizing the banking system and supporting private banks in expanding their corresponding banking relationships. Recent ...
Increased Non-Oil Revenues and Improved Financial Performance In a remarkable development, Iraq's nonoil sector recorded unprecedented growth during 2024. Nonoil revenues rose by 198 percent ...
BAGHDAD, May 12 (KUNA) -- Iraq on Monday called on the Arab nation to form a unified economic alliance that would influence the region's human and geographical strengths to boost economic integration ...
Real-estate development has been allowed on important sites such as Al-Hira, the pre-Islamic capital of southern Iraq, which now partly lies under the Najaf airport; Old Basra, one of the largest ...
In May 2023, Iraq announced the Development Road, $17 billion, 1,200-kilometer rail line and roadway from a new port at Al Faw in southern Iraq to Türkiye, linking Asia and Europe. The Road is ...