Chapter 1: Regional Developments and Economic Outlook: Charting a Path through the Haze We expect growth to strengthen in 2025 and 2026 in the Middle East and North Africa, but at a slower pace than ...

By bnm Gulf bureau The foreign-calculated sums are stark. Iraq's budget deficit will more than double from 4.2% of GDP this ...

The negotiations are seen as key to resolving a long-running political and budgetary dispute that has strained ties between ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Iraq and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis ...

American interests are advanced by connecting the world’s free and open spaces through enhancing connectivity, buoying ...

Iraq is still haggling over its 2025 budget, more than six months after it was supposed to take effect. The delay is due to oil price fluctuations caused by US president Donald Trump’s planned ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and eliminate all terrorist org ...