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10/06/2026

Iran's Ansar Bank brokerage has licence suspended after IRR784bn accumulated loss: Ansar Bank Brokerage has had its operating licences suspended after accumulated losses hit IRR784bn, with net profit swinging to a IRR460bn loss and staff numbers cut by 63%. The fate of shareholders, clients and staff remains unclear.

Iran's securities regulator has suspended the operating licences of Ansar Bank Brokerage after the firm posted a deepening run of losses that has ...

10/06/2026

Iran arrests prominent academic Sadegh Zibakalam over Channel 4 interview: Iran has arrested political scientist Sadegh Zibakalam after he gave a Channel 4 interview in breach of a court ban on media activity, with his case now before the Press and Culture Prosecutors' Office.

10/06/2026

Trump claims Iran naval blockade most effective in history as he declares country a 'failed nation': Trump declares Iran a "failed nation" as he claims the US naval blockade is history's most effective, saying Tehran cannot pay its military and its armed forces have been "completely defeated."

US President Donald Trump claimed on June 10 that the American naval blockade of Iran is 'the most successful blockade in the history of naval ...

10/06/2026

El Salvador's Bukele tops regional approval rankings for June: El Salvador's Nayib Bukele remains the most popular president in Latin America, with a 69.1% approval rating, according to the June ranking published last week by pollster CB Global Data, which surveyed between 1,988 and 2,674 people in each country.

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele remains the most popular president in Latin America, with a 69.1% approval rating, according to the June ranking published ...

10/06/2026

Tanzania's stalled $1bn uranium project Mkuju River gains momentum after talks with Russian partners: Put on ice when uranium prices plummeted in 2011, the project is being developed by a subsidiary of Russia’s Uranium One Group.

Tanzania’s long-delayed Mkuju River uranium project has gained renewed political and investment momentum following President Samia Suluhu ...

10/06/2026

Ukraine needs €197bn to rebuild. EU budgets for only €89bn: Who is going to pay for rebuilding Ukraine after the war is over? The cost of the rebuild is about €200bn but the EU has budgeted for €90bn. The private sector is supposed to come up with the rest, but the prospects of that happening are thin.

Who is going to pay for rebuilding Ukraine after the war is over? Now the EU has raised a €90bn two-year loan to keep the country in the fight ...

10/06/2026

India's many territorial disputes and their impact on its economic potential: For much of the 26 years since the beginning of the millennium, India has aimed at becoming a rising economic power by way of first becoming a service centered hub and gradually shifting towards becoming a centre of manufacturing.

10/06/2026

Anthropic releases public version of its most powerful AI model in the US, citing new safeguards: Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, a public version of its most powerful AI model, two months after restricting an equivalent system over cybersecurity fears.

US-based Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available model in its most capable AI class, on June 9, two months after the company ...

10/06/2026

Anthropic releases public version of its most powerful AI model in the US, citing new safeguards: Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, a public version of its most powerful AI model, two months after restricting an equivalent system over cybersecurity fears.

10/06/2026

Hungarian government submits sweeping anti-corruption package in bid to unlock EU funds: The legislative package designed to meet so-called “super milestones” attached to the EU’s RRF, which have been withheld due to rule-of-law and corruption concerns.

The Hungarian government has submitted a far-reaching package of anti-corruption and transparency measures to parliament as it seeks to unlock ...