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Iraq Set to Raise $1 Billion in Bond Sale - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:59:55 GMT

Wall Street Journal (subscription)

Iraq Set to Raise $1 Billion in Bond Sale
Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Iraq is set to raise $1 billion through its first independent international bond sale in more than a decade, bankers aware of the transaction said on Wednesday, as the war-torn country looks for cash to support its finances. The country is one of the ...


Iraq launches first independent bond sale - Financial Times Wed, 02 Aug 2017 11:32:29 GMT

Reuters

Iraq launches first independent bond sale
Financial Times
Iraq has today opened the books on its first independent bond sale in a decade, following a successful US-backed fundraising earlier this year. The $1bn bond, which matures in March 2023, is expected to price later this afternoon. Initial pricing is ...
Iraq in market to raise $1 billion, first standalone bond in over decadeReuters
Iraq floats $1 billion standalone bonds to worldwide investorsRudaw

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Embassy, mosque attacks fuel fears ISIS bringing Iraq war to Afghanistan - Reuters Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:52:22 GMT

Reuters

Embassy, mosque attacks fuel fears ISIS bringing Iraq war to Afghanistan
Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - Attacks on the Iraqi embassy and a Shi'ite mosque in Afghanistan have reinforced fears that Islamic State militants are seeking to bring the group's Middle East conflict to Central Asia, though evidence of fighters relocating from ...
Embassy, mosque attacks fuel fears IS group is bringing Iraq war to AfghanistanFRANCE 24
IS attackers target Iraq Embassy in AfghanistanThe Philadelphia Tribune
UN Security Council condemns attack on Iraq's Kabul embassyRudaw
Newsweek Pakistan
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Samantha Bee Travels to Iraq in Latest 'Full Frontal' Journey - Variety Wed, 02 Aug 2017 13:00:43 GMT

Variety

Samantha Bee Travels to Iraq in Latest 'Full Frontal' Journey
Variety
Bee, field producer Razan Ghalayini and a crew spent about four days shooting material in Iraq (Ghalayini, who has proven instrumental in finding people on the ground to interview in past travel segments, was there for several more days). In tonight's ...
EXCLUSIVE: How Samantha Bee Took 'Full Frontal' to Iraq and Discovered Her First Pro-Trump Story9NEWS.com

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Iraq: Populations at Risk - Current Crisis (17 July 2017) - ReliefWeb Wed, 02 Aug 2017 20:02:35 GMT

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Iraq: Populations at Risk - Current Crisis (17 July 2017)
ReliefWeb
The extremist armed group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Iraq. As they confront ISIL, some Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and Shia militias are also committing ...
UN prepares Iraq's displaced children to return to schoolAljazeera.com
Iraq stands on the brink another devastating warPravda
'I've seen the torture of prisoners and bodies of Isil members floating down the Tigris': What it's really like to ...Telegraph.co.uk
Newsweek -The National Interest Online (blog)
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Conflict-affected rural families in Iraq to benefit from mobile cash-transfer technology – UN - UN News Centre Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:19:02 GMT

UN News Centre

Conflict-affected rural families in Iraq to benefit from mobile cash-transfer technology – UN
UN News Centre
2 August 2017 – Many vulnerable rural families in Iraq will now be able to safely receive income thanks to a newly adopted mobile money transfer technology that is part of a cash-for-work programme to rehabilitate farming infrastructure, according to ...

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The Japanese Ambassador To Iraq Is The Unlikeliest Internet Star You'll See Today - BuzzFeed News Wed, 02 Aug 2017 08:56:46 GMT

BuzzFeed News

The Japanese Ambassador To Iraq Is The Unlikeliest Internet Star You'll See Today
BuzzFeed News
TOKYO — The day before a World Cup qualification match between Iraq and Japan in June, Fumio Iwai appeared in a video wearing the Iraqi national soccer team's jersey. He looked at the camera through his round sunglasses and, without a hitch, started ...


Saudi Arabia's change of tack on Iraq - The Interpreter Wed, 02 Aug 2017 02:25:46 GMT

Asharq Al-awsat English

Saudi Arabia's change of tack on Iraq
The Interpreter
For too long, the Saudis have complained about the 'loss' of Iraq to Iranian influence without acknowledging that their almost complete refusal to establish ties with Baghdad achieved little other than creating the vacuum that Tehran has sought to fill ...
Saudi Arabia Finds Solution To Shia-Sunni Dilemma In IraqValueWalk
Saudi Arabia pays Iraqi Shia cleric Sadr $10 million to set up consulate in NajafThe New Arab

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Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Tue, 01 Aug 2017 12:46:33 GMT

Department of Defense

Strikes Continue Against ISIS in Syria, Iraq
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, Aug. 1, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 29 strikes consisting of 35 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials ...
Coalition forces conduct 29 airstrikes in Syria, Iraq against ISISNRT

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Knights to send $2 million to restore Christian town in Iraq - Catholic News Service Tue, 01 Aug 2017 20:55:40 GMT

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Knights to send $2 million to restore Christian town in Iraq
Catholic News Service
A Catholic church destroyed by Islamic State militants in Karamdes, Iraq, is examined by a priest following the predominantly Christian town's 2016 liberation. (CNS photo/Archdiocese of Irbil) See KNIGHTS-KARAMDES-RESTORE Aug. 2, 2017.
8 Baghdad Churches Close as Christians Leave IraqCBN News
Knights of Columbus Donate to Iraq ISIS VictimsCBS St. Louis

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