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Iraqi tribe demands justice for killings in Turkiye
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T14:18:10+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nineveh/Sanliurfa The al-Rawi tribe in Iraq’s Nineveh province condemned on Saturday the “heinous and treacherous crime” that killed two of its members in Turkiye’s Sanliurfa...
Iraq’s imports exceed $21B in Q1 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-06-28T18:35:21+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq imported goods worth $21.363B in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) on Saturday. The report showed that the...
OPEC+ members agree to larger-than-expected oil production hike in August
CNBC
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July 5, 2025
The OPEC logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of a computer screen displaying OPEC icons in Ankara, Turkey, on June 25, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Eight oil-producing nations of the OPEC+ alliance agreed on Saturday to...
OPEC+ speeds up oil production: 548,000 barrels per day added for august
Daily Times
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July 5, 2025
OPEC+ has decided to increase oil production by 548,000 barrels per day (bpd) in August. The move comes after recent market disruptions caused by U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. This is OPEC+’s first meeting since those events and reflects a...
Turkish construction sector takes on international projects worth $6.2B in first half of 2025
Yeni Safak
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The Turkish construction sector undertook international projects totaling $6.2 billion in the first six months of 2025, according to data from the Trade Ministry, ranking among the top 10 countries in annual global construction revenue....
I'm a female solo traveller who's been to more than 60 countries - here's how I stayed safe in Iraq
Daily Mail
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July 5, 2025
An American woman who grew up next to the Twin Towers in New York, and was just five when 9/11 happened, says she was forced to 'face her own biases' head on during an unexpected trip to Iraq – and details the extraordinary measures she took to...
Tanker Market: Iraq Crude Oil Exports Down So Far in 2025
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 4, 2025
Iraq crude oil exports have kept on retreating during the first five months of 2025, continuing the downward trend of 2024 at a heightened pace. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in Jan-Dec 2024, global crude oil...
Jordan imports 1.6 million barrels from Iraq in 5 months
Ammon News
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July 3, 2025
Ammon News - Jordan imported more than 1.6 million barrels of Iraqi oil during the first five months of 2025. Iraq’s oil exports to Jordan in January, February, March, April, and May reached 1.64 million barrels, a 10.4 percent decline compared to...
Iraq Says USA Company Among Bidders as It Plans First LNG Imports
Rigzone
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June 26, 2025
Iraq is in advanced talks with Excelerate Energy Inc. to facilitate its first-ever liquefied natural gas imports as the country, which struggles with power outages, seeks to cut dependence on Iran for supplies. Texas-based Excelerate is one of...
Indian Markets End Week In Red; Nifty Breaks 25K As Oil, Fed Uncertainty Weigh
ABP Live
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July 19, 2025
The Indian equity benchmarks ended the week on a weak footing, with the Nifty slipping below the 25,000 mark. The Sensex closed down 501.51 points at 81,757.73, while the Nifty shed 143.05 points to end at 24,968.40 on Friday, the last trading...
What sanctions? Iranian oil industry is booming
The Business Times Singapore
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July 4, 2025
AS THE debate plays out over the damage done to the Iranian nuclear programme by US and Israeli strikes, one reality is clear: The country’s booming energy sector, the cash cow of the regime, emerged unscathed. The numbers don’t lie. Iranian oil...
MENA Digest: Iraq’s InstaBank, Saudi firm Ninja, Egypt’s AgriCash get funding
VC Circle
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Credit: 123RF.com The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region welcomed a new tech unicorn this week, as Saudi Arabia’s quick-commerce platform Ninja hit a $1.5-billion valuation following a major funding round–fueling its IPO ambitions. While...
U.S. Ambassador: Success In Iraq Can Be Achieved
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Success can be achieved in Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said today, as the U.S. and its allies adapt tactics while continuing to work with the new Iraqi government to suppress violence and...
What sanctions? The Iranian oil industry is booming
Taipei Times
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July 4, 2025
Despite US efforts, Iran is producing almost as much oil as it was before the 1979 revolution As the debate plays out over the damage done to the Iranian nuclear program by US and Israeli strikes, one reality is clear: The country’s booming energy...
'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
Middle East Eye
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July 4, 2025
For Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, winning the Camera d’Or for best first feature at last month’s Cannes Film Festival was not just an acknowledgement of a gifted Arab talent, it was a historic event that put Iraqi cinema on the world film map. His...
Officials Continue to Note Progress Amid Violence in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The idea that progress and violence co-exist in Iraq is fast becoming a mantra for officials both in Baghdad and here. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, made...
US resumes sanctions on Iran-linked shipping network, targeting VLCCs and LPG carriers
Riviera
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July 4, 2025
In a statement issued on 3 July, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 12 vessels involved in the covert transport of Iranian oil. The targeted fleet includes six VLCCs, four LPG carriers, one...
US designates 12 tankers and Iraqi terminal in first Iran sanctions since bombing nuclear sites
Lloyd's List
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THE US sanctioned an Iraqi oil terminal and more than 30 individuals, entities and “shadow fleet” tankers on Thursday as the “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign on Iran resumed for the first time since Washington bombed the Islamic Republic’s...
Small Nation Helps Build Democracy in Iraq, Afghanistan
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 02.01.2006 Courtesy Story Estonia is helping two nations rebuild in the wake of extremism and a violent dictatorship. Its forces are now deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and the country is a coalition partner at U.S....
Car Bombs Rock Baghdad; U.S. Soldiers Killed in Separate Incidents
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 04.29.2005 Courtesy Story Several car bombs have rocked Baghdad, Iraq, today, and elsewhere another car bomb killed a U.S. soldier. Multiple car bombs in and around Baghdad today killed at least 24 Iraqis and wounded at...