The proper thing to do when readers respond to a newspaper article is to respect their right of reply. There were two irate responses to my article last week, Not the Iran We Thought It Was: What Has Changed in the Persian Gulf. One, entitled, Not the Azu We Thought He Was, by Yakubu Musa, a guest author for 21st …

International Air Transport Association (IATA), has said $1.3 billion in airline funds are blocked from repatriation by governments as of end April 2025, with Africa and Middle East (AME), region accounting for 85 per cent of total blocked funds, at $1.1 billion. IATA said when compared with the $1.7 billion reported for October 2024, it resulted in an improvement of …