Antigua & Barbuda is off to the United States “in a matter of days” in an attempt to, once again, bring the years long WTO dispute to an end.

The local lawyer representing jailed financier Allen Stanford says he is yet to be informed that government has initiated proceedings to several companies owned by Stanfard into receivership.

Antigua & Barbuda has just upped the ante in the ongoing online gaming row with the United States, pursuing punitive damages from the international superpower.

Legal advisor to Antigua & Barbuda in the online gambling fight has categorically denied claims by United States representatives that government has been inflexible in arriving at a resolution to the six-year dispute.

Iraq’s defence chief has said his military will not be fully ready to defend Iraq from external threats until 2020 to 2024, according to a US inspector’s report released on Sunday.