Iraq on Monday officially banned alcohol in social clubs and hotels - among the last venues serving booze - in what might be the last step in the country’s drawn-out process of stamping out alcohol.

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Days after the US placed 19 private firms from India and two Indian nationals under sanctions for their alleged role in aiding Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine, the Indian government on Saturday said ...