US President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice to lead the Federal Reserve on Thursday, a US official said Monday.
Trump said last week he had "somebody very specific in mind. I think everybody will be very impressed."
He has not publicly ruled out nominating current Fed chair Janet Yellen to a second four-year term, but US mediaRead more
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday announced "a halt to movements by the armed forces for 24 hours" in zones disputed by Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdish region.
Abadi, who also heads the armed forces, said the pause aimed to "give the opportunity to a joint technical committee of the federal authorities and those of Kurdistan to work onRead more
Germany's Federal Cartel Office said Wednesday it is taking legal action against the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB), and indirectly the International Olympic Committee (IOC), over athletes' marketing rights during the Games.
A high-profile case threatens to go to court which would challenge the money-making machine behind the Olympics and the exclusiveness of the IOC, which rakes in billions fromRead more
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Monday issued arrest warrants for 11 Iraqis, including federal lawmakers and senior commanders of Shiite-dominated paramilitary forces, for “insulting the public authority,” Kurdish officials said.
Qais Khazali, commander of Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq, one of the most prominent Iraqi Shiite paramilitary forces fighting Daesh, is among those named in the warrants.
“The arrest warrants haveRead more
Wages for American workers remain stubbornly low despite "widespread" labor shortages, according to a US Federal Reserve survey published Wednesday.
Growth in the world's largest economy also continued between September and early October at a pace "split between modest and moderate" while temporary disruptions from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma persisted, according to the periodic Fed survey known as the BeigeRead more
Iraqi President Fuad Masum on Tuesday blamed a Kurdish independence referendum for triggering a military intervention by Iraqi forces to take control of the oil-rich Kirkuk province.
"Holding a referendum on the Kurdistan region's independence from Iraq stirred grave disagreements between the central government and the government of Kurdistan," Masum, who is himself a Kurd, said in a televised address.Read more
The leader of a pro-Biafran group that wants to break away from nigeria failed to show up in court on Tuesday as his treason trial resumed, an AFP reporter said.
Nnamdi Kanu has not been seen for several weeks. His lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that his client was "in the custody of the (federalRead more
Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk on Tuesday after Kurdish forces withdrew, police said.
"Federal police units took control of the Bai Hassan and Havana oil fields," north of the city of Kirkuk, a statement said.
The loss of the fields is a major blow for the finances ofRead more
Speaker of the Saudi Majlis Al-Shura, Sheikh Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, held here Sunady a meeting with the Chairman of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matviyenko, currently visiting Riyadh, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations, as well as cooperation between the two countries, especially in the parliamentary field. Read more