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The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) revealed on Tuesday that the country’s foreign exchange reserves declined in May 2025.
Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) reports Iraq's external debt dropped to $54.6B in 2024, while internal debt rose to 85.6T IQD by ...
An “innocent hostage” freed from prison in Iraq a fortnight ago after four years behind bars has still not been allowed to ...
Iraq has released an Australian mechanical engineer on bail who was detained for more than four years over a dispute with the central bank, authoritie ...
An Australian man has been conditionally released from prison in Iraq, after four years of what the UN has called arbitrary ...
An Australian engineer has been freed after spending four years in an Iraqi prison, officials have confirmed. Robert Pether was designing Iraq’s central bank in Baghdad when a contract dispute broke ...
Australian man Robert Pether has been freed from an Iraqi jail on conditional bail after spending four years behind bars.
Australian engineer Robert Pether has been released from an Iraqi jail after four years. Mr Pether, who had been living in Ireland and was helping design Baghdad’s central bank, was jailed after a ...
Engineer Robert Pether has been in custody since April 2021 - and the United Nations had condemned his "arbitrary" detention ...
However, there was a contract dispute between his employer and the Central Bank of Iraq, which led to him and his Egyptian work colleague Khalid Radwan being imprisoned. The pair were sentenced to ...