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TUNIS: Tunisians shop at Halfaouine market near central Tunis. The small North African country, roiled by years of political turmoil that deepened with President Kais Saied’s power grab last July, is also mired in a deep recession. —AFP

Tunisians fear more economic pain as crucial IMF talks loom
NAIROBI: People shop in Nairobi. Kenyaís economy shrank for the first time in three decades last year as the country was battered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Kenya suffers huge job losses as COVID pummels economy
In this photo illustration, a COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance Updates logo is displayed on a smartphone on top of an application for unemployment benefits on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. - With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world's largest economy, driving the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent compared to 4.4 percent in March, the Labor Department said in its monthly report, the first to capture the impact of a full month of the lockdowns. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Pandemic fuels historic job losses
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BADULLA, Sri Lanka: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe inaugurate the Uma Oya irrigation and hydroelectricity project on April 24, 2024. - AFP
Raisi opens power project in Lanka
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AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II bids farewell to HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the airport on April 24, 2024, at the conclusion of HH the Amir’s two-day state visit. – KUNA photos (See Page 3)
Kuwait, Jordan urge regional peace
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GAZA: A woman searches through the rubble of a collapsed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 24, 2024 following overnight Zionist air strikes. - AFP
Zionists strike Gaza, Lebanon after US approves military aid
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Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, participated in a luncheon ceremony hosted by Luxembourg Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel on Monday.
GCC, EU discuss security and ties
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UAE allots $544m for rain repairs, says lessons ‘learned’