https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/ATXZiXQuTGc/brad-taylor RSS for Node Thu, 14 May 2026 03:27:07 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-30/afghanistan-war-is-no-place-to-turn-a-profit https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-08-30/afghanistan-war-is-no-place-to-turn-a-profit Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:00:22 GMT BAGHDAD, Iraq: A helicopter of Blackwater security firm flies low above the scene where a roadside bomb exploded near the Iranian embassy in central Baghdad, 05 July 2005. The blast targeted a convoy of western security guards. One civilian was wounded and a Sports Utility Vehicle, seen in the background, was damaged, the US military and security sources said. In a separate incident the top diplomat at Bahrain's embassy in Baghdad, Hassan al-Ansari, was wounded when gunmen shot him in the shoulder in central Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-18/how-to-beat-north-korea-at-nuclear-blackmail https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-08-18/how-to-beat-north-korea-at-nuclear-blackmail Fri, 18 Aug 2017 13:50:01 GMT TOPSHOT - This undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on March 7, 2017 shows the launch of four ballistic missiles by the Korean People's Army (KPA) during a military drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea.Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on March 6 in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSTHIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)