Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump on Saturday, speaking out against military actions “some adults proudly boast about.” The rebuke, during a prayer vigil for peace at St. Peter’s Basilica, comes days after the pope said it was “truly…
The global economic environment has become increasingly volatile with rising frequency of major shocks worldwide. Amid spikes in energy, food and fertilizer prices caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), the African Union Commission (AUC) the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the UN Economic Commission for…
To counter the severe economic shocks triggered by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$10 billion Gulf Crisis Response Programme (GCRP) to insulate African and Caribbean economies, financial institutions and corporates from the impacts of the ongoing Gulf crisis. The conflict, which…
The Muslim-majority nations denounce Israel’s ‘increasingly discriminatory’ practices that ‘entrench a system of apartheid’. Published On 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026 Eight Muslim-majority countries have issued a joint statement that “strongly condemned” Israel’s one-sided bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks. Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and…
Israeli violence against Palestinians in the last week has killed at least 18 people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. The majority of those killed were victims of Israeli air strikes in Gaza, even as the head of the US President Donald Trump-appointed Board of Peace pushes for a framework to disarm…
A crucial early warning radar plane, used to provide commanders with a real-time picture of war, was destroyed in an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia on Friday. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The Iranian Embassy in Nairobi has confirmed that maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz “has not…
Imagine it’s 2036. Unemployment has been halved, business confidence is robust, and millions of small and medium-sized enterprises are powering sustainable growth. South Africa finally looks like a country realising its potential. At the heart of this shift is a simple but transformative change: the widespread adoption of PayShap, a low-cost instant payment system that…
NewsFeed Iranian rescue workers have been pulling survivors and bodies out of a residential building in south Tehran after a US-Israeli missile strike. Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi was at the scene. Published On 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
President Donald Trump said Thursday that neither the spike in oil prices nor the slump in the stock market during the Iran war were as bad he had anticipated. In a Cabinet meeting, Trump expressed confidence in the war effort and said the economic damage will reverse. Addressing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, the president said…
President Trump suggested late Wednesday he’s avoiding describing the military conflict with Iran as a “war” because of concerns around the fact that Congress hasn’t authorized military force. “I won’t use the word ‘war’ because they say, if you use the word war, that’s maybe not a good thing to do,” the president said at…
