Iraq's central bank has suspended transactions with 14 individuals and 19 companies active in oil, trade and transport, Al Arabiya reports.

Trump-linked US firm AAFS Infrastructure & Energy plans to raise its investment in Bosnia and Herzegovina to more than €2 billion, AAFS Bosnia head Amer Bekan said in a Thursday phone interview. The one-year-old company now proposes a 100 MW data centre and associated infrastructure in Mostar valued at about €530 million, added to an April plan. In April AAFS announced a €1.5 billion package to build a gas pipeline, three gas-fired power plants and to expand/refurbish Sarajevo and Mostar airports; the company was co-founded by Trump’s former lawyer Jesse Binnall and Joseph Flynn, brother of former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Refinitiv: Vietnamese leaders have urged Qualcomm and Samsung Electronics to boost investment in AI, semiconductors and R&D as Vietnam seeks to become a regional innovation hub.