- Baghdad, Iraq--Iraq has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group...
The agreement, according to the Iraqi PM's office, will provide for the expansion, financing, operation, and maintenance of Baghdad International Airport
The PM's office further said the agreement is part of a series of deals signed with the private sector to develop critical infrastructure across the country
- RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)Jassem Mohamed Albudaiwi visited the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO)...
DCO plays an important role in e-development and helps in enabling countries to keep pace with the rapid growth of the digital economy.
The GCC Secretary General stressed on the importance of digital cooperation between the regional organization and the DCO.
- Till last year, outages could last 20 hours, turning the streets dark and leaving residents sweltering in temperatures above 40...
Chronic electricity shortages had shaped the daily lives of Libyans since the fall of Moamer Kadhafi in a NATO-backed 2011 uprising.
A decade of stop-start fighting between rival groups followed, adding combat damage and looting to the dilapidated grid in Libya.
- Miami, United States--Two convictions in the FIFA corruption case have been overturned by a US federal judge citing a recent Supreme...
The investigation, including raids on FIFA officials in Zurich, resulted in a series of arrests and trails and subsequent charges, convictions and guilty pleas
In a ruling on Friday, US district Judge Pamela Chen said a May Supreme Court decision meant that the convictions for wire fraud could not stand
- The planet's 8,000 or so data centers are the foundation of our online existence, and will grow ever further with...
In 2019, researchers trained several large language models, and found that training a single AI model can emit the CO2 emission equivalent of five cars over their lifetimes.
Between 2010 and 2018, global data center energy use rose by only 6 percent, despite a 550 percent increase in workloads and computing instances, according to the IEA.
- Dubai, UAE--Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has pressed into service seven new 132 transmission substations in the first half...
DEWA's MD and CEO, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said that the total cost of electricity transmission network projects under construction exceeds $1.14bn
Al Tayer further revealed that the total number of transmission substations across Dubai reached 368 stations by the end of the first half of 2023
- Dubai, UAE--Oil prices rose to their highest in over half a year and snapped a two-week losing streak, buoyed by...
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday that his country has agreed with OPEC+ to cut oil exports next month
The International Energy Agency and OPEC are relying on China, the world's largest oil importer, to shore up oil demand over the rest of 2023
- Tehran, Iran-- Iran and Syria have signed an agreement to connect the rail network between the two countries through Iraq....
Iran's minister of roads and urban development made the announcement at the inauguration ceremony of the construction of the Shalamcheh-Basra railway
The minister said that in the wake of the signing of the agreement with Syria, a trilateral agreement between Iran, Iraq, and Syria will be put on the agenda
- Iraq's prime minister inaugurated construction work on what is slated to become the first railway line connecting the country to...
The project had been under discussion for years before an agreement was reached in 2021.
The Iraqi PM thanked Iran for planned demining operations at the border to clear the way for the train line.
- AMMAN, JORDAN - Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Iraqi Embassy here agreed to open Iraqi Trade Center at...
The center's inauguration will allow Jordanian and foreign businesspeople to view investment opportunities offered by the Iraqi government.
The center will provide Jordanian companies with the opportunity to learn about Iraqi industries and agricultural products.





















