Central Bank of Nigeria governor said Nigeria's net foreign-exchange reserves rose from roughly $3–4 bln in 2023 to over $40 bln.

Iran's ambassador to Germany criticized Europe's silence in response to the US president's explicit threats against Iranian civilian infrastructure, warning that appeasing Washington's aggression will ultimately backfire on Europeans.

SEB chief economist Jens Magnusson said President Trump has issued a string of conflicting signals on major foreign-policy issues in recent days: ceasefires alternately holding and collapsing; negotiations starting and stopping; the Strait of Hormuz described as both closed and open; shipping through the strait alternately exempted from tariffs, then taxed, then restored to exemption. Magnusson said these shifts all occurred within a few days since last Sunday and that Trump’s prime-time address on Thursday is expected to cover a wide range of topics.