Author: Sihnalikiyah

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, held talks on Thursday with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding cooperation related to supporting the financial policies and plans of the Iraqi government, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s press office. The statement elaborated that Al-Sudani met with the Regional Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in Iraq, Ghazi Shbaikat. The meeting between Al-Sudani and Shbaikat addressed Iraq’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund, as well as cooperation in the field of supporting the Iraqi government’s financial policies and plans, in a way that contributes to achieving stability…

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Baghdad – The Iraqi Minister of Finance, Taif Sami, discussed Iraq’s reforms in the banking sector with the Director of the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), Abdulrahman Al-Hamidy, and his accompanying delegation, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).   The Ministry of Finance mentioned in a statement that Sami received Al-Hamidy and his accompanying delegation on the sidelines of the he 34th conference of the Arab Parliamentary Union held in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Sami and Al-Hamidy discussed Iraq’s steps to be engaged in the financial system of the Arab countries, and reviewed the procedures and reforms…

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Kazakhstan rose from 88th to 79th place out of 121 countries in the 2023 Global Soft Power Index by Brand Finance, the world’s leading independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy, according to the company’s report The ranking was announced on March 2 at Brand Finance’s Global Soft Power Summit in London, where delegates discussed the role of soft power in international politics and business. “This annual report into Soft Power covers the ability to influence others through attraction or persuasion rather than coercion. It encompasses a wide range of tools, including business and trade, governance, international relations, culture and heritage, media and…

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Japan’s cabinet on Tuesday approved reciprocal access agreements (RAAs) previously signed with the United Kingdom and Australia, signaling Japan’s ambition to diversify its defense partnership and grow militarily. According to the Nikkei newspaper, the RAA will simplify entry procedures for personnel and ammunition during Japan’s joint military exercises with the two countries. Japan signed the agreements on January 6, 2022 with Australia and on January 11, 2023 with the United Kingdom. Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told China Direct on Tuesday that the agreements would ensure convenient entry into each other’s military bases and facilitate military cooperation…

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JERUSALEM: A Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an east Jerusalem synagogue Friday night, killing seven people, including a 70-year-old woman, and wounding three others before he was shot and killed by police, officials said. It was the deadliest attack on Israelis in years and raised the likelihood of more bloodshed. The attack, which occurred as residents were observing the Jewish sabbath, came a day after an Israeli military raid killed nine people in the West Bank. The shooting set off celebrations in both the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, where people fired guns into the air, honked horns and…

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Iran’s meddling is the main source of instability and conflict in Iraq, and unless it is reversed it will lead to more hardship and chaos, writes Salah Nasrawi In his speech at a summit on the Jordanian shores of the Dead Sea late last month, French President Emmanuel Macron called on the Iraqi leadership to forge an alternative pathway for the country’s political system that he suggested would lead to “a stronger and more democratic sovereign Iraq that benefits its people and the region”. Macron specifically targeted Iran, whose Shia allies have the upper hand in the new government of…

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A political standoff unseen in a century has landed the US in an unlikely group with nations that have heard Americans pontificate about democracy and its values ​​at some point or the other in history, Anadolu News Agency reports. In this week’s disarray in the US Congress, there were parallels to what transpired last year in Iraq and Lebanon, two countries beset by political instability for years. After three tortuous days and nearly a dozen failed attempts, there is still no certain end in sight to the deadlock over a new US House Speaker. Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, has been unsuccessfully trying…

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Rüya Bayegan using prime minister Barzani’s right hand – Rania Majeed – to elbow her way back to KRG? Ankara, Erbil (4/1 – 45). Rüya Bayegan, the CEO of BGN International and its Turkey-based subsidiary Bayegan Group, was once considered an instrumental member of the petrochemical industry in Turkey. However, as of at least October 2022, Bayegan and her husband, Ercüment Bayegan, have been under investigation by Turkish authorities on allegations of fraud, document forgeries and tax evasion as a result of their role in the disastrous Yurtgas scandal. The recent contract between BGN International with the Indonesian state owned oil and gas company Pertamina raises…

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Iraq’s state grains buyer is believed to have purchased about 150,000 tonnes of wheat expected to be sourced from Australia in an international tender this week, European traders said in initial assessments on Wednesday. The purchase was believed to involve around 100,000 tonnes bought at an estimated $461 a tonne c&f and 50,000 tonnes bought at around $496 a tonne c&f. The tender for a nominal 50,000 tonnes had closed on Dec. 18 seeking wheat sourced either from the United States, Australia and Canada. Volumes in Iraq’s tenders are nominal and the country often buys more than sought in the…

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