# The Chinese Foreign Ministry says sanctions and pressure tactics do not resolve disputes. The US has imposed new economic sanctions on Iran, targeting digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. It has also warned any country financially partnering with Tehran would be isolated. Iran’s largest trading partners include China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. […]
# The rand has strengthened to under 16-rand to the US dollar for the first time in almost six months. The currency broke through the key level this morning. Analysts say a weaker US dollar, rising gold and platinum prices, and strong foreign demand for South African bonds are driving gains. Investec says about 63.7-billion-rand […]
# Die Amerikaanse regering het Sirië amptelik verwyder van sy lys van lande wat terrorisme steun. Die land was sedert 1979 op die lys toe Washington oudpresident Hafez al-Assad se regering beskuldig het dat hulle militante groepe ondersteun. Die Amerikaanse minister van Buitelandse Sake, Marco Rubio, sê die besluit erken die positiewe stappe wat die […]
# The US government has officially removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism. The country had been on the list since 1979, when Washington accused former president Hafez al-Assad’s government of supporting militant groups. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says this move is in recognition of the positive actions taken by the […]
# Iran se minister van Ekonomie, Ali Madanizadeh, sê Teheran is ten volle voorbereid om Amerikaanse sanksies te hanteer. Washington het nuwe sanksies teen Iran ingestel wat op vyf ekonomiese sektore fokus: digitale bates, tegnologie, goud, lugvaart en verskeping. Amerika se minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent, dreig ook om streng sanksies in te stel teen […]
# Iran’s Economy minister Ali Madanizadeh says Tehran is fully prepared to counter US sanctions. Washington has imposed new sanctions on Iran focusing on five sectors of its economy: digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also threatened to impose severe sanctions against any country or entity maintaining economic ties […]
# Rwanda se president, Paul Kagame, verwerp die bewering dat sy land verantwoordelik is vir die huidige konflik in die ooste van die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, en sê dis faksies in die DRK. Sy opmerkings volg ná herhaalde pogings, insluitend die Amerikaanse vredesooreenkoms, om die konflik te beëindig. Kagame sê sy land sal by […]
# Rwandan president Paul Kagame has rejected the narrative that his country is responsible for the current conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, blaming factions within the DRC instead. His remarks come against the backdrop of successive attempts to negotiate an end to the conflict, including the US peace agreement. Kagame says […]
# Amerika se minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent, het ‘Operasie Ekonomiese Uitgeworpene’ ingestel teen Iran se finansiële vennote reg oor die wêreld. Dit volg nadat Amerika ʼn reeks nuwe sanksies teen Teheran ingestel het in sektore soos digitale bates, tegnologie en verskeping. Volgens die Tesourie-departement is dit die sektore waarop Iran sy ekonomie baseer. Bessent […]
