Saudi Aramco suspend $10 billion Investments for Chinese refinery
By IAR Review Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has suspended a deal to build a
Month: August 2020
Abraham Accord: Why Israel and the UAE have reached a deal
As the US footprint retreats from West Asia and new players like China enter the fray, Israel and the Gulf monarchies have the perfect opportunity to carve out a regional security architecture
Why China should apologize to Bangladesh
China was among the last countries to recognize independent Bangladesh – on 31 August 1975, four years after it’s birth
As Trump meets Iraq’s Kadhimi, US troops withdrawal, oil deals loom large on the horizon
Five U.S. firms, including Chevron Corp (CVX.N), signed agreements on Wednesday with the Iraqi government aimed at boosting Iraq’s energy independence from Iran.
Syria constitutional reform talks, hold promise for new social contract
Constitutional reform talks between Syria’s Government and opposition leaders are due next week in Geneva
Jump in Iraqi activist killings
Activist Reham Yacoub was gunned down in the southern Iraqi province of Basra on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen, a security official and human rights watcher said, marking the second such killing in the span of a week
China, Pakistan foreign ministers to hold two-day strategic dialogue from Thursday
The foreign ministers of China and Pakistan will hold the second annual strategic dialogue at the island resort of Hainan on Thursday during which they are likely to discuss the bilateral cooperation in various fields including the phase II of the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project.
After Pompeo-Hussein meet U.S. Announces Humanitarian Assistance for Iraq
The United States remains the largest single donor of humanitarian assistance in Iraq and globally.
Children have ‘nowhere to turn’, reports UNICEF
Disruptions to services for preventing and responding to violence in the home , due to the global pandemic, has left children in more than 100 countries vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, a UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey has found.
Libya: UN human right chief appoints independent investigators to probe abuses it
UN-led efforts to address serious rights violations in Libya, received a boost on Wednesday with the appointment of three independent investigators to document abuses in the war-torn country.