A businessman says Iraq has reduced its energy arrears to Iran to just over $1 billion.

Iran’s Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali says Tehran and Moscow are in talks to recognize the Russian Mir interbank system.

Iraq’s chief banker is in Tehran amid efforts by the Arab country to settle its debts to Tehran.

Iraqi government has finished paying reparations to Kuwait over the 1990-91 invasion of the country.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan says it has begun paying the overdue salaries of all government employees.

The World Bank decides to halt payments for operations in Sudan after the country's military seized power from a transitional government in an apparent coup d'état.

Iran’s oil minister says the country will pay off its gas debt to neighboring Turkmenistan.

Russia denies accusations that Russian hackers have been responsible for a recent cyber-attack targeting the United States Republican National Committee (RNC) servers, saying Washington continues “to make up tall tales” about Russia.

An Iraqi delegation is in Tehran for a second round of talks in less than a month on energy arrears.

Iranian and Iraqi ministers hold a meeting in Tehran to discuss arrears on Iraq’s debts for gas to Iran.