Brazil-based company is betting on a diverse range of mate products for export. One of its goals is to resume shipments to Arab markets, where it had clients in the past. The conflict in the Middle East may require operational adjustments, but the company believes the market will gradually reorganize.

The company had a business plan to meet 80% of domestic demand within five years but is now considering making Brazil 100% self-sufficient in diesel over the same period. Prices have surged due to the war in the Middle East.

University students attend in-person classes at a building run by Scientists Without Borders in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 30, 2026, for the first time since the start of the war. The university provides free education and accommodation for students displaced from damaged institutions, operating in a structure made of corrugated metal sheets and wooden

Attacks on the UAE and Bahrain drive up the commodity’s price. Oil rises amid renewed threats to the Strait of Hormuz, while a desalination plant in Kuwait is also targeted in retaliations.

On Sunday (29), Arab foreign ministers approved the nomination of former Egyptian foreign minister Nabil Fahmy to head the League of Arab States starting in July. The decision still needs to be endorsed at the organization’s next summit.