FATF Keeps Iran on Blacklist, Citing Unfulfilled Commitments to Reform
By Colleen Goko, Sfundo Parakozov and Anathi Madubela
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa's largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, have been removed from a global watchdog's list of countries subject to increased monitoring for illicit...
ANALYSIS: Iran Risks Severe Economic Downturn, Unrest as Renewed UN Sanctions Bite
By Parisa Hafezi
DUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Iran's economy is at risk of simultaneous hyperinflation and severe recession, officials and analysts say, as clerical rulers scramble to preserve stability with limited room to manoeuvre after a snapback of U.N. sanctions.
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ANALYSIS – Turkey’s Gas Shift Threatens Russia and Iran’s Last Big European Market
By Can Sezer
ISTANBUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Turkey could meet more than half of its gas needs by the end of 2028 by ramping up production and increasing U.S. imports, in a shift that threatens to...
Gold’s Rush to Record Heights Propelled by Global Anxieties, Iran Conflict
By Polina Devitt
LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Anxieties over global geopolitical and economic risks are the biggest drivers pushing gold's 53% surge this year to a record over $4,000 an ounce, with analysts seeing little to...
Iranian Parliament Approves Currency Redenomination
DUBAI, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Iran has gained parliamentary approval for a monetary overhaul to remove four zeros from its national currency over the next few years to simplify transactions after years of inflation.
Years of inflation...
Iraq Fails to Win US Approval to Import Turkmen Gas via Iran
By Maha El Dahan and Muayad Hameed
DUBAI/BAGHDAD, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Iraq's attempt to ease its chronic power shortage with gas from Turkmenistan routed through neighbouring Iran has failed under U.S. pressure, leaving Baghdad scrambling for...
Iran Hopes Gazprom’s Gas Deliveries via Azerbaijan to Start Soon
Aug 25 (Reuters) - Iran hopes supplies of Russian gas via Azerbaijan will begin soon, as almost all issues in negotiations with Gazprom GAZP.MM have been resolved, TASS cited Kazem Jalali, Iran's envoy to Russia, as saying in...
OPEC+ Set to Further Speed up Output Hikes, Sources Say
By Alex Lawler, Maha El Dahan and Dmitry Zhdannikov
LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - OPEC+ will likely agree to further accelerate oil output increases on Saturday at its first meeting since oil prices jumped, and then retreated,...
European Shares Mixed as Investors Assess Iran-Israel Ceasefire
By Sukriti Gupta and Sanchayaita Roy
June 25 (Reuters) - European shares were mixed on Wednesday as investors assessed the developments around a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was up 0.04% at 541.2 points, as of...
Japanese Megabanks Weigh Middle East Evacuations, JPMorgan Limits Travel
TOKYO/NEW YORK, June 23 (Reuters) - Several major Japanese banks are considering evacuating staff from the Middle East and Wall Street giant JPMorgan JPM.N has restricted employee travel in the region as tensions escalate.
The United States entered the...
