# Oliepryse het met meer as 13-persent gedaal namate geopolitieke spanning in die Midde-Ooste verlig het. Brent-ru-olie het gedaal van 109- tot onder 94-dollar per vat na die verrassende aankondiging van ‘n wapenstilstand van twee weke tussen Amerika en Iran. Die ooreenkoms om die strategies-belangrike Seestraat van Hormoes te heropen, het wêreldwyd verligting gebring, en […]
# Die Verenigde Nasies se sekretaris-generaal, António Guterres, verwelkom die skietstilstand van twee weke tussen Amerika en Iran. Volgens die ooreenkoms sal Teheran die belangrike seeroete, die Straat van Hormoes waarlangs ʼn vyfde van die wêreld se olie vervoer word, heropen. Guterres se woordvoerder, Stéphane Dujarric, sê alle partye moet die skietstilstand se bepalings nakom […]
# Oil prices plummeted by over 13-percent today as geopolitical tensions eased in the Middle-East. Brent crude fell to less than 94-dollars per barrel from 109-dollars overnight following a surprise two-week ceasefire announced between the US and Iran. The agreement to reopen the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz sparked a massive global relief rally, with Asian stock markets surging over five-percent. Analysts warn prices remain […]
# Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, says negotiations for a conclusive agreement to settle all disputes between the US and Iran will begin in Islamabad on Friday. The two countries have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, with Tehran agreeing to the safe reopening of the strategically-important Strait of Hormuz. Pakistan has been acting as mediator. […]
# United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has welcomed the two-week ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran. This will see Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which is a vital maritime corridor through which a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Guterres’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, says all parties must abide by the terms […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa gaan vandag die geloofsbriewe van die Amerikaanse ambassadeur in die land, Brent Bozell, in Pretoria ontvang. Dit volg teen die agtergrond van die stram verhouding tussen die twee lande weens onder meer die uitsetting van Suid-Afrika se Ambassadeur in Amerika, Ebrahim Rasool, verlede jaar. Bozell is verlede maand aangepraat oor sy […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa will receive the credentials of the US ambassador to South Africa, Brent Bozell, in Pretoria today. This comes against the backdrop of strained relations between the two nations, including the expulsion last year of South Africa’s ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool. Last month, Bozell was issued a démarche order over […]
# Israel sê hy ondersteun president Donald Trump van Amerika se besluit om aanvalle teen Iran vir twee weke op te skort, maar beklemtoon dat die skietstilstand nie Libanon insluit nie. Dit weerspreek die bemiddelaar, Pakistan, se verklaring dat Libanon wel ingesluit is. Volgens berigte is meer as een-duisend-500 mense, insluitend 130 kinders, in Libanon […]
# Israel says it supports US president Donald Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but emphasised the ceasefire does not include Lebanon. This contradicts mediator Pakistan’s statement confirming that the ceasefire did include Lebanon. The Israeli Defence Forces’ attacks on Lebanon since the start of the war have killed more than […]
