Reported by Owen Walker and Arjun Neil Alim (Excerpt show below. To read full report, go to: dc72d6163dcd) Liquidators who are trying to recoup billions of dollars siphoned initially from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund are seeking more than $2.7bn from Standard Chartered, in a lawsuit filed against the UK-headquartered bank over its alleged role in the scandal. […]

Reported by Vivian Nereim (Excerpt shown below. To read full report, go to: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/world/middleeast/gulf-states-invest-syria-iran.html) The Gulf states have moved quickly to aid and invest in Syria after the sudden collapse of the country’s dictatorship, sensing a new opportunity to expand their influence in the Middle East. The ousted president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, was long […]