I have decided to cross the border to look at the unfolding impasse between South Africa and the United States of America over the land appropriated from the natives by the white settlers during four ...

Public anger mounts in Iran as the economy deteriorates under US sanctions, with the national currency hitting record lows and hopes for nuclear deal negotiations fading.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Syria's relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after those ...

Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge ...

Poverty has many dimensions. Following recent crises, not least the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, some of poverty's known dimensions have evolved while new forms have emerged.

Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...

A charity has warned the Government it will not see progress on child poverty even with economic growth unless there is support for the poorest households (Alamy/PA) A stronger economy is likely ...

He currently researches and teaches economic sociology and the social studies of finance at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Investopedia / Daniel Fishel The federal poverty level (FPL ...

“Economic opportunities ... Coupled with international sanctions and mismanagement, inflation skyrocketed, pulling some 90% of the country into poverty. Over half the population -- some 12 ...

Milton Friedman once wrote that economic sanctions are not an effective weapon ... they are fleeing hunger, poverty and hopelessness. The new administration has a chance to address these root ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Samir al-Baghdadi, 46, left, stands on his brother Fayez outside his family’s home that was destroyed ...