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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva urged countries to keep trade as a key engine of global growth despite rising tariffs. She highlighted the need for large-surplus countries like China to boost domestic consumption, while deficit countries like the U.S. should reduce fiscal imbalances. Georgieva also emphasized the role of AI investment in driving global growth, but warned it could widen economic disparities between rich and poor nations. On geopolitics, she welcomed the recent ceasefire in Gaza, noting it would benefit the region's economies, including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Georgieva stressed the importance of sustaining lasting peace for global economic stability.

At least four people died in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Papua

The Bengaluru man has not been traced for the past two days since a massive earthquake hit Turkey, flattening infrastructure across parts of the country

The Al-Naim circle in Raqa, Syria, a grim place during the Islamic State rule from 2014-2017 is now revamped, and a popular meeting spot for residents

Assad's re-election in May in a landslide was never in doubt. It was described by the West and Syria's opposition as illegitimate and a sham

The resolution was adopted after the United States and Russia reached a deal on rival draft resolutions backed by the West and Moscow

Counterterrorism official's visit is believed to mark first high-level discussions with Syrian officials in more than a decade

The plane, which had been en route from Tehran, continued on to Beirut as scheduled after the incidentVideo apparently shot on a phone appeared to show at least two fighter jets flying beside the plane

Among the 115,000 civilians who got killed, there were around 22,000 children and more than 13,000 women, said Syrian Observatory for Human RightsSyria's conflict is estimated to have set its economy back three decades, destroying infrastructure and paralysing the production of electricity and oil

Under the agreement the NATO allies reached, Turkey will stop its operation for five days in northern Syria against the Kurdish YPG militiaTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says when the terrorist elements completely leave the safe zone, Turkey can stop the operation