( June 17, 2025, 1:38 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Qatari bank that is partly state owned filed a petition in District of Columbia federal court seeking to confirm an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) award worth more than $1 billion against the Republic of South Sudan and its national bank for defaulting on payment obligations owed to the bank for various credit agreements entered into shortly after South Sudan obtained its independence in 2011....