A pump jack is seen in a field on March 18, 2026 in Pecos, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Oil prices rose Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States, even as a U.S. proposal to end the war is under review by senior officials in…
Prominent South African podcasters have warned parliament that efforts to regulate the fledgling industry could cripple its growth, stifle innovation and have adverse economic effects. Parliament’s portfolio committee on communications & digital technologies called for a roundtable with members of the media and the podcasting industry to discuss the appropriate governance framework for the sector….
Massad Boulos , the U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs, held talks this week with Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson to review security cooperation across Africa, with a focus on North Africa. Boulos said the meeting with the commander from United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) centered on joint efforts to strengthen peace and security…
The Trump administration admitted in a court filing that it had erroneously relied on an ICE memo to justify arrests at immigration courthouses as part of an ongoing federal case brought by groups seeking to block the tactic. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that they had used the memo, titled “2025 ICE Guidance,” to defend the…
The much-anticipated Vodacom-Maziv fibre deal successfully cleared critical regulatory approvals last year. Remgro reported a robust set of interim results for the six months ended 31 December, with headline earnings per share surging 38.5% to 931 cents and interim dividends increasing 80.2% to 173 cents per share. A key driver of this growth was Community…
A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.
Namibia declined licence applications from Elon Musk’s satellite internet provider Starlink for failing to satisfy ownership and compliance criteria, the country’s telecommunications regulator said on Wednesday. A notice in the Southern African country’s Government Gazette on Monday showed Starlink’s applications for a telecommunications service licence and access to radio spectrum had been turned down. The…
Kyiv — NATO members Estonia and Latvia said stray drones entered their territory Wednesday morning on the heels of one of Russia’s biggest daytime drone attacks on Ukraine since Vladimir Putin launched his country’s full-scale invasion four years ago. Estonia’s Internal Security Service said a drone entered the country from Russia and slammed into the chimney…
IS21 is tied to a basket of sovereign currencies, which currently include the rand, dollar and euro. (Graphic by Nicola Mawson, with images via Intershare, Pexels and GenAI) Intershare has launched what it claims is the world’s first multi-currency-backed digital token, IS21, at a time when global fiat denominations are in a state of flux…
NewsFeed Settler attacks, restrictions on aid, and land seizures marked a week that was supposed to be one of celebration for Palestinians. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim and Tareq Abu Azzoum explain what’s been going on in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Published On 25 Mar 202625 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social…
