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Learn. Innovate. Lead: Amb. Kojo Bonsu Launches China-Ghana Youth AI Programme

What if the next big AI solution for Ghanaian agriculture or healthcare is built by a young Ghanaian trained in China? That is the future Ghana’s Ambassador to China, His Excellency Ambassador Kojo Bonsu, is building.

In Zhoukou, Henan Province, His Excellency the Ambassador launched the China-Ghana Youth AI Talent Development Programme, an initiative born from His Excellency’s GenZ AI Club.

In partnership with APUS Technology Co., Ltd., an Artificial Intelligence technology company in Beijing, and Zhoukou Normal University, the programme will train young Ghanaians in Artificial Intelligence and data science, with full scholarship opportunities for students in China and Ghanaian students at home. Members of His Excellency’s GenZ AI Club in China will have onsite classes, while students in Ghana will join online to learn together.

Performing students will be given internships with APUS Technology Co., Ltd. for practical job experience to build and grow their careers.

For His Excellency Ambassador Kojo Bonsu, this is personal. His Excellency believes Ghana’s youth must not be left behind in the AI revolution.

‘We want to create a growing network of young Ghanaian professionals capable of developing solutions to challenges in agriculture, healthcare, education and finance,’ His Excellency said.

His Excellency urged participants to become multipliers, returning home to share knowledge with other students, universities and tech communities across Ghana.

The programme also symbolizes a new kind of diplomacy, one that puts youth at the centre. It is not just about embassies and agreements; it is about giving a young person from Kumasi, Tamale or Accra a chance to sit in a Chinese AI lab and dream of what they can build for Ghana.

With the scholarship window now open, His Excellency the Ambassador’s initiative is set to create a lasting educational and technological bridge between Ghana and China.

Beyond training, APUS Technology Co., Ltd. will be offering outstanding students both in China and Ghana, during the one-year programme, internships and job contracts tailored to AI solutions for Ghana’s economic development.

Stock-Market Outlook

SHARE prices fell last week following economic growth downgrades of the Philippines to 2.9 percent from SandP Global and to 3.3 percent by the Asian Development Bank. The lingering post-FTSE foreign selling in Ayala Corp. and SM Investments Corp. also weighed on the market.

The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index fell 29.94 points to close at 5,825.97 points.

The main index also reached its lowest for the year on Thursday, closing at 5,730.02 points before paring down its losses the next day.

Volume for the week remained low, with average value of P5.75 billion, with foreign investors, who cornered 46 percent of the trades, were net sellers at P816.32 million.

Most of the sub-indices ended on the red, led by the broader All Shares index that fell 31.59 points to close at 3,246.21 points. The Financials index declined 9.24 to 1,811.39 while the Industrial index retreated 205.19 to 7,597.74. The Holding Firms index rose 5.87 to 4,143.01 while the Property index shed 37.63 to 1,760.37. The Services index was up 28.44 to3,192.41 and the Mining and Oil index plunged 1,259.40 to 20,600.79.

For the week, losers outnumbered gainers 138 to 83, and 26 shares were unchanged.

The top gainers were LFM Properties Corp., Pacifica Holdings Inc., Oriental Petroleum and Minerals Corp. A and B shares, Supercity Realty Development Corp., Ionics Inc., Alliance Select Foods International Inc. and Seafront Resources Corp.

The top losers, meanwhile, were Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc., Metro Alliance Holdings and Equities Corp., PAL Holdings Inc., Semirara Mining and Power Corp., Geograce Resources Philippines Inc., ABS-CBN Corp. and Prime Media Holdings Inc.

This week

SHARE prices may go up this week, but mainly on bargain hunting.

Japhet Louis O. Tantiangco, senior research analyst at Philstocks Financials Inc., said that while current levels are considered bargains and fundamentals remain intact, the bearish case remains strong as other markets move unfavorably against local equities, while overall macroeconomic conditions remain discouraging.

Tantiangco also noted that both Washington and Tehran have shown last week that they are holding their respective grounds but at the same time expressed willingness to return to the negotiation table.

However, he said that, ultimately, the situation between the US and Iran remains uncertain leaving oil prices at elevated levels. The benchmark Brent crude remains above the $100 per barrel mark, Tantiangco noted.

Broker 2TradeAsia said eyes will be on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas September inflation outlook and on the US Federal Reserve, especially with the latest payrolls print. Consensus is building for possible 25 basis points rate hike before year-end, according to the broker.

‘Underweighting risk assets is warranted, as cash/short-dated fixed income, which essentially pay money to wait, are significantly more compelling,’ said 2TradeAsia.

The broker advised to tilt toward US dollar earners like ports and infra, and toward large-cap banks, where higher rates support margins.

2TradeAsia said that, for now, brace for potential range tightness in the 5,500- to 6,000 points zone of the main index.

Stock picks

BROKER RCBC Securities Inc. gave an ‘overweight’ rating on the country’s Philippine water players West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. (PSE: MYNLD) and East Zone concessionaire Manila Water Co. Inc. (PSE: MWC).

The broker said that the country’s water sector is poised for steady, defensive growth this year, driven by aggressive capital deployment in water security and infrastructure.

‘Volume growth across both concessions will be catalyzed by capacity expansion, specifically Maynilad’s ongoing NRW (non-revenue water) recovery program and Manila Water’s commissioning of major treatment facilities (Wawa, East Bay), effectively translating enhanced raw water availability into sustained billed volume gains,’ RCBC Securities said.

MYNLD closed at P17 apiece, while MWC were last traded at P33.50 apiece.

Meanwhile, RCBC Securities maintained its ‘hold’ rating on the stock of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (PSE: SCC), after the government issued an advisory formally terminating the 2026 coal bid round under the ‘Philippine Conventional Energy Contracting Program,’ directly impacting the auction for Semirara Island.

By citing continuing water seepage as a primary justification for the cancellation, the government has placed the site’s escalating hydrological and geological risks under a spotlight.

‘This puts pressure on SCC to commit substantial capital toward dewatering, safety and environmental compliance, driving up long-term opex (operational expense) while the government simultaneously seeks a larger revenue share,’ it said.

SCC closed last Friday at P15.28 apiece.

NAF completes local reassembly of first two H125 helicopters

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has completed the local reassembly of its first two H125 helicopters at the NAF Base Ikeja, Lagos.

The NAF disclosed this in a statement on Monday, noting that the helicopters were delivered by Airbus Helicopters and reassembled with the support of Airbus technical personnel.

According to the service, the exercise is expected to strengthen technical collaboration between the Nigerian Air Force and Airbus, facilitate knowledge transfer and provide NAF personnel with practical exposure to the support and maintenance of modern rotary-wing platforms.

Sunday Aneke, Chief of the Air Staff, described the development as a positive step towards strengthening the technical and operational capacity of the service.

Aneke said the acquisition of modern platforms must be complemented by the development of the knowledge, partnerships and support systems required to maximise their operational value and sustain them throughout their service life.

‘Beyond acquiring modern platforms, we are committed to developing the knowledge, partnerships and support systems required to maximise their operational value and sustain them throughout their service life,’ he said.

The NAF said the H125 helicopters would provide additional capability for ongoing air operations, including surveillance, tactical mobility and other operational support missions.

The service also expressed appreciation for the continued support and strategic direction of President Bola Tinubu, saying his administration’s commitment to strengthening national security capabilities continued to support fleet modernisation and operational effectiveness.

Subic airport Swiss challenge bidding reset

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT-The Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) has again extended the deadline for the submission of comparative proposals for the Subic International Airport (SIA) project after making corrections on bidding parameters for the P6.2 billion project to transform the Subic airfield into a modern high-capacity cargo and logistics hub.

In a bid bulletin, the SBMA Prequalification, Bids and Awards Committee (PBAC) said it will issue the final draft PPP (public-private partnership) contract or final bid bulletin on October 15, instead of September 29 as scheduled earlier.

Consequently, the opening of qualification documents from bidders will be held on November 16, instead of October 29, the SBMA-PBAC added.

The revised bidding schedule came about alongside corrections made by the SBMA on the bid parameters that defined the guaranteed fixed annual payment for the 25-year development contract.

The SBMA-PBAC clarified that while the base concession remittance amount submitted by the challenger for Contract Year 1 shall apply to the first seven years, the same shall be subject to an annual escalation of 1.5 percent beginning Contract Year 8 until its expiry on the 25th year.

The PBAC also clarified that the bid amount should be expressed as a fixed amount in Philippine pesos, and not as a percentage.

Following the revised bidding schedule, the SBMA also set the deadline for payment of participation fees by challengers at seven calendar days before the deadline of submission and opening of the comparative proposals. The participation fee has been set at the non-refundable amount of P1.4 million.

This was the second extension made for the bidding after the formal launch of the Swiss challenge for the Subic airport project on April 28 this year.

The SBMA opened the Subic airport project for comparative proposals, or Swiss challenge, after approving the unsolicited proposal by original proponent Cerberus Asia Pacific Investments LLC.

Cerberus Asia Pacific, a key affiliate of the New York-based alternative investment firm Cerberus Capital Management, presented its original proposal to the SBMA on March 26 last year.

The project includes the rehabilitation and comprehensive upgrading of existing facilities to restore them to full operational condition; operational and infrastructural improvements to enhance airport safety and regulatory compliance; and development of new airport infrastructure and acquisition of equipment to expand airport capacity, improve operational efficiency, and support new service offerings.

The SIA project bears a concession period of 25 years, which is open to extension, after which the airport will revert to SBMA control and management.

The SBMA originally set the availability of tender documents last May 18 and the deadline for the submission of comparative proposals last August 17, or 90 calendar days after the formal invitation for challengers to apply for eligibility.

On June 17, however, the Subic agency moved the release of tender and challenge documents to June 30, and adjusted the deadline for submission of bids accordingly.

The SBMA had set the Swiss challenge to be a single-stage bidding process, with challengers required to submit three bids respectively containing qualification documents, technical proposal, and financial offer.

Under the Swiss challenge, Cerberus is also allowed to match or better the financial proposal of the most superior challenger within 30 days, the SBMA said.

Fani-Kayode on Atiku: Separating claims from the record

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has written a lengthy polemic against Atiku Abubakar. Length, however, is not evidence. Nor does repetition transform opinion, disputed recollection or allegation into fact.

There are several claims in his opinion article that require correction or, at the very least, proper context.

The ‘seven attempts’ argument

It is correct that Atiku has sought the presidency in different political cycles since 1993. But Fani-Kayode blurs an important distinction for the purposes of mischief.

Atiku was not a presidential candidate in a Nigerian general election in 1993, 2011 or 2015. Those were contests for party nominations. He was actually on the presidential ballot in 2007, 2019 and 2023. Having emerged as the ADC candidate for 2027, the coming election will be his fourth general-election presidential candidacy, not his seventh.

This matters because Fani-Kayode then compares Atiku with politicians from other countries by counting their actual presidential-election candidacies while counting Atiku’s unsuccessful party primaries as presidential elections. That is not a like-for-like comparison.

Abdoulaye Wade, for example, contested Senegal’s presidential election in 1978, 1983, 1988 and 1993 before winning on his fifth attempt in 2000. He subsequently won again in 2007 and lost in 2012.

More fundamentally, Nigeria’s Constitution does not disqualify anyone because of the number of times he has unsuccessfully sought election. Section 137 bars a person who has already been elected President twice; it does not impose a limit on how many times an eligible Nigerian may contest.

The decision whether persistence represents experience, ambition or something else belongs to voters, not to Fani-Kayode’s theology.

Seven political parties? Not quite so simple

Fani-Kayode also claims that Atiku has belonged to seven political parties.

That calculation apparently treats the People’s Front of Nigeria (PFN) as a political party. It was, in fact, one of the political associations formed during the Babangida transition. It was never registered as a political party. The military government rejected the associations and created the SDP and NRC instead. The PFN tendency subsequently moved into the SDP.

Political movement between parties is certainly a legitimate subject for scrutiny. But Fani-Kayode is an unusual person to present changing parties as evidence of peculiar moral failure. He himself joined the APC, returned to the PDP in 2014, repeatedly denounced the APC afterwards and declared in 2019 that he would rather die than join it – only to return to the APC in September 2021.

Party switching may be criticised. But the standard should apply consistently.

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has written a lengthy polemic against Atiku Abubakar. Length, however, is not evidence. Nor does repetition transform opinion, disputed recollection or allegation into fact.

There are several claims in his opinion article that require correction or, at the very least, proper context.

The ‘seven attempts’ argument

It is correct that Atiku has sought the presidency in different political cycles since 1993. But Fani-Kayode blurs an important distinction for the purposes of mischief.

Atiku was not a presidential candidate in a Nigerian general election in 1993, 2011 or 2015. Those were contests for party nominations. He was actually on the presidential ballot in 2007, 2019 and 2023. Having emerged as the ADC candidate for 2027, the coming election will be his fourth general-election presidential candidacy, not his seventh.

This matters because Fani-Kayode then compares Atiku with politicians from other countries by counting their actual presidential-election candidacies while counting Atiku’s unsuccessful party primaries as presidential elections. That is not a like-for-like comparison.

Abdoulaye Wade, for example, contested Senegal’s presidential election in 1978, 1983, 1988 and 1993 before winning on his fifth attempt in 2000. He subsequently won again in 2007 and lost in 2012.

More fundamentally, Nigeria’s Constitution does not disqualify anyone because of the number of times he has unsuccessfully sought election. Section 137 bars a person who has already been elected President twice; it does not impose a limit on how many times an eligible Nigerian may contest.

The decision whether persistence represents experience, ambition or something else belongs to voters, not to Fani-Kayode’s theology.

Seven political parties? Not quite so simple

Fani-Kayode also claims that Atiku has belonged to seven political parties.

That calculation apparently treats the People’s Front of Nigeria (PFN) as a political party. It was, in fact, one of the political associations formed during the Babangida transition. It was never registered as a political party. The military government rejected the associations and created the SDP and NRC instead. The PFN tendency subsequently moved into the SDP.

Political movement between parties is certainly a legitimate subject for scrutiny. But Fani-Kayode is an unusual person to present changing parties as evidence of peculiar moral failure. He himself joined the APC, returned to the PDP in 2014, repeatedly denounced the APC afterwards and declared in 2019 that he would rather die than join it – only to return to the APC in September 2021.

Party switching may be criticised. But the standard should apply consistently.

Kyiv region hit by drone attacks

Air strikes on Ukraine’s Kyiv region over the past 24 hours have caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure and left three people dead.

Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, said on Telegram that drone attacks had killed three civilians and damaged 21 civilian sites.

In the Brovary district, two warehouses and two administrative buildings were damaged. In Bucha district, a private house, a market and six vehicles were affected.

Damage was also reported at an industrial facility and six vehicles in the Fastiv district, one vehicle in Boryspil district, and an agricultural enterprise and another building in Bila Tserkva district.

According to the information, emergency services continue to work at the hit sites. The injured are receiving the necessary medical treatment.

Cabinet to decide on Rs. 41 b worth fuel subsidy today

A proposal for a fuel subsidy of Rs. 41 billion covering the next three months will be presented to Cabinet today (28), with a decision expected, as world oil prices climb again following a renewed escalation of the US/Israel-Iran war.

The Government said Rs. 41 billion had been allocated for fuel subsidies for the next three months so that the burden of high world market prices would not be passed fully on to the public.

The new allocation is smaller than the previous scheme. After the prices of all petroleum products rose rapidly in March, the Government said it spent Rs. 57 billion subsidising diesel by Rs. 100 a litre and petrol by Rs. 20 a litre in April, May, and June. The Rs. 41 billion works out to about Rs. 13.7 billion a month, compared with about Rs. 19 billion a month under the earlier subsidy.

According to the Government, the world market price of diesel, which rose 115% in March compared with February, eased to 39% above February levels by the end of June. That relief was passed on to consumers in July, when the diesel price was cut by Rs. 25 a litre without a Government subsidy. World petrol prices, which rose 71% in March, fell back to 43.2% above February levels by the end of June, and the relief was likewise passed on. Domestic petrol prices were cut again as world prices fell further in July and August.

However, the Government said world prices of petrol, diesel, and crude oil had risen rapidly since August as the war in the Middle East escalated seriously. Diesel is now 92% higher than in February, petrol 78%, and Murban crude 66%, while domestic petrol and diesel prices are only 36.2% and 35.9% higher, respectively, it said.

Price data reviewed by the Daily FT show the same trend. The average Singapore price of 92-Octane Petrol for September to date is $ 134.50 a barrel, 21.3% higher than August, 78.7% above February’s pre-war average of $ 75.28, and the highest monthly average this year. Singapore prices are ‘free on board’ (FOB), meaning they reflect the cost of fuel loaded onto a tanker, before freight, and are a regional benchmark for fuel import costs. A barrel is about 159 litres.

Diesel benchmarks show a similar gap. Gas oil with 500 parts per million (ppm) sulphur averaged $ 170.99 a barrel in September, up 10.9% from August and 92.5% above February. Higher-grade 10 ppm gas oil averaged $ 178.48, 98, 5% above February. Jet fuel was up 90.2% at $ 169.32.

Local pump prices have risen far less. Following the last revision on 31 August, Lanka Petrol 92 Octane sells at Rs. 399 a litre, 36.2% above the pre-war price of Rs. 293. Lanka Petrol 95 Octane is Rs. 475, up 39.7% from Rs. 340. Lanka Auto Diesel is Rs. 382, up 35.9% from Rs. 281. Lanka Super Diesel is Rs. 478, 45.3% higher than Rs. 329.

The 31 August revision cut Petrol 92 to Rs. 399 from Rs. 414, and Petrol 95 to Rs. 475 from Rs. 495, while diesel prices were unchanged. Since then, Singapore petrol benchmarks have risen by more than a fifth.

Pump prices were raised in several steps after the war began, with increases of 7% to 8% on 10 March, a second round on 22 March, and further hikes on 3 May and 31 May. The 31 May revision took Petrol 92 to its peak of Rs. 434 a litre, 48.1% above pre-war levels, and Auto Diesel to Rs. 407, up 44.8%. The 30 June revision cut Auto Diesel by Rs. 25 to Rs. 382 and Petrol 92 by Rs. 20 to Rs. 414.

Benchmark prices peaked earlier. Singapore gas oil and jet fuel more than doubled in March and April, with 500 ppm gas oil averaging $ 191.73 a barrel in March, 115.8% above February. They fell back to about 40% above pre-war levels in June, before rising again from July.

New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums

LOS ANGELES-Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz.

This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the recent passage of laws by California and Congress, which strengthen US-based claims to artwork that were forcibly taken from Jewish families during World War II.

One lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday by the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and its board chair Daniel Gryczman against Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena for the return of ‘Adam and Eve.’ These are two life-size oil-on-panel masterpieces created by Lucas Carnach the Elder in 1530.

The other lawsuit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles the same day by the daughters of the late Dinah Gottliebova Babbitt, a Holocaust survivor and California-based animator who was held in Auschwitz. It demanded the return of watercolors of fellow prisoners that the artist was forced to paint for Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician who had earned the nickname the ‘Angel of Death.’

Spokespersons for both museums say the museums legally hold titles to the works, and intend to continue displaying them to the public. The lawsuits don’t specify the monetary value of the paintings.

Artworks pit Jewish families against museums

THE issue of Nazi-looted art is an emotional, legally and ethically charged topic that pits Jewish families that have suffered inter-generational trauma against museums that say they are trying to preserve a painful, yet important, chapter of history. Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime orchestrated the largest art theft in world history, seizing over 600,000 works of art across Europe from Jewish families, collectors and museums. Decades later, many of these masterpieces reside in prominent museums around the world, making the push for their recovery more complex than a simple property dispute.

Rabbi Noah Farkas is president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, the organization to which Marei von Saher, sole heir of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has signed over her rights. The paintings were seized from Goudstikker’s collection by Hermann Goring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command and changed a number of hands before being sold in the 1960s to the Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, which was renamed Norton Simon Museum in honor of its benefactor.

Farkas said the federation plans to use most of the net proceeds from the recovered art to provide much-needed help to the about 2,500 Holocaust survivors living in the Los Angeles area.

‘These are incredibly beautiful European masterpieces stolen from a Jewish family to enrich the Nazi party and fund the war and death machine against the people,’ he said. ‘It’s our honor to take on this role on behalf of the community and use most of the proceeds to help these elderly survivors live out the last years of their lives in dignity, comfort and peace-something their family members were denied during the Holocaust.’

Marei von Saher, in a statement, said she is grateful to the Jewish organization for taking up her family’s cause.

‘This effort represents a meaningful step toward justice for Holocaust survivors and victims of Nazi era atrocities,’ she said.

Museums want to preserve paintings for posterity

Norton Simon Museum released a statement pointing out that a federal court in 2018 unanimously determined that the museum had proper title to the Cranach paintings. In May 2019, the US Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case, leaving in place lower court rulings.

They said the Cranach paintings, which originally belonged to the Stroganoff family, were put up for sale in 1931 by the Soviet Union in an illicit auction in Berlin where they were purchased by Goudstikker. After a complicated journey, the paintings were sold to the museum by a Stroganoff family descendant. The museum later restored and preserved the pieces.

‘For nearly 50 years, they have been on view at the Norton Simon Museum and will continue to be accessible to the public for years to come,’ the statement said.

Pawel Sawicki, a spokesperson for the Auschwitz Memorial, said the watercolors of Roma victims that Gottliebova Babbitt was forced to paint by Mengele to document his horrendous experiments and racial research, ‘must remain in the Memorial’ to document the man’s crimes. He said these paintings must not be mischaracterized as ‘Nazi-looted art’ because Gottliebova Babbitt painted them against her will as a prisoner and therefore didn’t have ownership of the watercolors.

BIR extends suspension of tax on LPG, kerosene

THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued a circular implementing the renewed suspension of excise taxes on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene.

The BIR said in a statement the Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) 100-2026 it issued last Monday was after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. issued last Friday Executive Order (EO) 125 (series of 2026).

BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin R. Mendoza explained that this new round of temporary suspension follows the Department of Energy’s (DOE) certification that the one-month average Dubai crude oil price based on the Mean of Platts Singapore (MOPS) reached $99.41 per barrel from August 13 to September 11,2026, exceeding the $80 per barrel threshold prescribed under Republic Act 12316. The law signed on March 25, 2026, authorizes the President to temporarily suspend or reduce excise taxes on petroleum products.

Under EO 125, the BIR said the excise taxes on LPG are fully suspended, except when used as raw material for the production of petrochemical products or for motive power, while the excise tax on kerosene is fully suspended, except when used as aviation fuel.

‘The regular excise tax rates shall automatically revert, without need of further issuance, one week after the one-month average Dubai crude oil price falls below US$80 per barrel, as certified by the DOE, or three months from the effectivity of the EO, whichever comes first,’ the BIR noted.

The BIR previously implemented a similar suspension under EO No. 114, series of 2026, beginning April 17, 2026. The suspension was lifted effective July 8, 2026, after the DOE certification that the one-month average Dubai crude oil price had fallen below the applicable $80 threshold.

Marcos issued EO 125 on the recommendation of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC). It will take effect immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette or in newspapers of general circulation.

The Department of Finance (DOF) and the DOE were allowed to issue rules, regulations and guidelines for the implementation of the suspension.

Both agencies were directed to conduct an inventory of existing stocks of LPG and kerosene once EO 125 takes effect.

DOF’s Bureau of Customs and Bureau of Internal Revenue were mandated to submit to the House of Representatives monthly information on the declared value and volume of petroleum products covered by EO 125.

Within 15 days from the issuance of EO 125, the DBCC in coordination with DOE will review the implementation of the new issuance to the House of Representatives and the Senate. It may also recommend to the President the continuation, modification, extension, or termination of the said suspension.

Hamas-inspired armed group threatens US, Israel

A new militant group, called Yahya Movement after late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, issued a statement announcing its existence and threatening to strike the United States and Israel, Iran’s state media outlet IRIB News reported on Monday.

“O criminals, we will come to you not in our land, but in your own land and at the doors of your homes,” the armed movement reportedly said on its information channel.

According to the report, the identity and affiliation of the group are not yet known, but it is rumored that the movement is “close” to Palestinian resistance groups. The group also condemned the silence of the international community and urged the general public across the globe to join the Yahya Movement.