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Mastercard SME Confidence Index: 81% of Nigerian SMEs are confident about the year ahead as growth ambitions build

100% of Nigerian SMEs agree that digital and online payments are vital to growing their business Nigerian SMEs rank training…

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Sudan army says retakes key town of Kulbus near Chad

Fighting has intensified in recent months along the frontier between North and West Darfur, in close proximity to the Chadian…

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Lebanon offers waiver for Syrians and Palestinians to leave

Syrians wait at a border crossing as refugees who had fled to Lebanon during the Syrian civil war [Getty] Lebanon…

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UK asylum seekers face £10,000 charge before they can settle

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said the new proposal is designed to ‘reduce their burden’ on taxpayers [Getty/file photo] Asylum seekers…

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What years of crisis have done to Lebanon's mental health

It has been nearly seven years since Lebanon became trapped in a series of crises that have touched almost every…

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Anchoring the peace: Can Europe secure the Strait of Hormuz?

As the United States and Iran continue negotiations over the future of the Strait of Hormuz, Europe finds itself largely…

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Israel kills five in Gaza as drone strikes hit civilians

A man injured in an Israeli drone strike is brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on 29 June 2026.…

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400,000 displaced return home; Israel insists on occupying south

Zaituna Bay in central Beirut has become a refuge for displaced people who fled southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs…

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in occupied West Bank

A relative mourns the death of Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, a Palestinian teenager who was killed by Israeli forces, at…

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Cuba's only mosque: Faith, Palestine and life under sanctions

When I arrived in Cuba, I did not expect to be speaking Arabic.  Organisers from the United States arrived at…

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