The Middle East war "presents a serious risk to Africa", the African Union and the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report seen by AFP Saturday.The conflict threatens to …

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Dubai's luxury stores take hit as Mideast war drags on

Rows of luxury boutiques line an upmarket Dubai mall, yet a month into the Middle East war their sales staff sit idly, phones in hand, watching for the rare customer.Salespeople …

France 24

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The week in pictures: Mideast war, a lunar mission and Holy Week processions

The war in the Middle East showed no sign of ending as President Donald Trump exchanged threats with the Iranian regime and jittery markets sent oil prices surging. The week …

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Sri Lanka struggles to avert economic collapse over Mideast war

Sri Lanka is struggling to prevent a repeat of its spectacular economic collapse four years ago, as the prolonged Middle East war compounds the fallout from a deadly cyclone in …

NPR

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Evacuation of U.S. troops from Mideast base sends community groups scrambling to help

Troops and their families have been pushed back to the United States after their bases in the Middle East were threatened by Iranian counterattacks. Community groups are scrambling to react.

PBS Newshour

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Mideast experts weigh Iran regime's leverage in negotiations with U.S.

As President Trump backs down from his threats against Iran's infrastructure and agrees to a two-week ceasefire, Geoff Bennett speaks with Alan Eyre and Miad Maleki. Eyre was part of …

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U.S. fighter jet shot down over Iran as strikes on infrastructure expand across Mideast

For the first time in five weeks of war with Iran, two American combat aircraft were shot down in separate incidents. One of two service members onboard an F-15E was …

The Hill

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China is offering Africa certainty. America is offering a deadline.

China has expanded its duty-free treatment to imports from 53 African countries, while the U.S. has only extended the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) for one year, leaving African countries …

Washington Post

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U.S. struggles to maintain an Iran truce whose terms are still in dispute

As the White House claimed success, Tehran disputed the terms, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remained stalled, and new questions emerged.