Month: March 2026

Africa’s largest stock markets opened with mixed performance on Thursday as investors reacted to movements in global commodity prices, regional ...

US kept UK in the dark before strikes on Iran, straining the “special relationship”

The United States did not share operational details with the United Kingdom before launching military strikes against Iran, according to ...

Arab markets open mixed as oil volatility and regional tensions dominate sentiment

Arab stock markets opened with mixed performance on Thursday as investors responded to ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East ...

European markets open cautiously as investors weigh geopolitics and inflation signals

European equity markets opened cautiously on Thursday as investors balanced persistent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East with fresh economic ...

Iran and the world: a long history of empire, faith, and geopolitical power

Iran, historically known as Persia, is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilisations, with political and cultural traditions stretching back ...

HDFC Bank: India’s hidden financial giant powering a banking revolution

While global attention often focuses on India’s technology sector, one of the country’s most powerful financial institutions has quietly grown ...

Dangote Group: from small trading firm to Africa’s industrial powerhouse

Few business stories in Africa illustrate entrepreneurial scale as clearly as the rise of the Dangote Group. What began as ...

Australia records wettest summer in nearly a decade amid rising temperatures

Australia has just experienced its wettest summer in nearly ten years, according to national climate data, while temperatures remained unusually ...

Kraken receives Fed master account in historic breakthrough for crypto industry