Iraq's Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra has been blocked once again by anti-government protesters.
According to reports, the blockage will bring down operations by 50 per cent.
The port was previously blocked from October 29 to November 9, costing the country more than $6 billion.
It had briefly resumed operations between November 7-9.
Anti-government protests have left more than 300 people dead in Baghdad and southern Iraq since early October.
US envoys arrive in Qatar as mediators work to revive Iran talks
US negotiators have arrived in Qatar for fresh diplomatic efforts aimed at advancing talks with Iran, although discussions are expected to take place through mediators rather than in direct meetings.
Afghanistan launches airstrikes on IS targets on border with Pakistan
Afghanistan's Taliban has carried out airstrikes targeting ISIS centre in Pakistan's border province of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, as tensions between the two countries further escalate.
Bangladesh warns of dengue surge as weather aids spread
Bangladesh could face a sharp increase in dengue infections over the next two months, health experts warned, as wet weather and inadequate mosquito control spur a wider outbreak.
Fourteen children killed in Pakistan after tutoring centre roof collapses
Fourteen children died after the roof of a tutoring centre collapsed in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, rescue officials said, as authorities opened the way for a possible negligence investigation.
Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to restrict birthright citizenship
Handing President Donald Trump a stinging defeat, the US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his audacious attempt to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States — a right long woven into the fabric of American society — scuttling one of his top priorities in his crackdown on immigration.
South Africa's anti-migrant protesters march nationwide
Anti-immigrant protesters draped in flags and wielding wooden weapons marched across cities in South Africa on Tuesday to mark a deadline they had set for undocumented migrants to leave, with some marches hit by violence and looting.
Iran and US agree to halt attacks, uncertainty over Doha talks
Iran and the United States agreed to halt recent hostilities in the Gulf and renew talks regarding their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said on Sunday, raising hopes of saving an interim peace deal that was under pressure from days of tit-for-tat strikes.
Manhunt launched after Monaco blast targets Ukrainian-born oligarch
Police in Monaco and France were searching for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded by an explosion in the wealthy principality which two sources said was an attack on a Ukrainian-born oligarch.
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