IMF's projections assume that the Strait of Hormuz reopens later this month.

Economy

IMF lowers global growth forecast to 3 pc as AI helps limit Iran war fallout

Screengrab of a devastated girls' elementary school in Iran's Hormozgan.

World

Iran vows ‘crushing response’ as US strikes deepen Gulf crisis

Blasphemy allegations remain among the most sensitive legal and social issues in Pakistan.

World

Pakistani court acquits Christian man in blasphemy case over lack of evidence

Concerns over defence preparedness have grown across Europe.

World

NATO to unveil major defence deals as allies seek to reassure Trump on military spending

Palestinians walk past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes in Jabalia, Gaza.

World

Gaza marks 1,000 days of war amid deepening humanitarian crisis

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World

Extreme heat takes toll on young minds, doubles hospitalisations: Study

Prolonged US heat wave leads to spike in severe heat illness cases.

World

US heat wave kills dozens during 250th anniversary weekend

From standing tall to a heap of rubble.

World

Venezuela quake death toll rises to 3,535, over 16,700 injured

Russia fired 351 drones and 68 missiles during the assault.

World

Russian missile, drone barrage kills at least 18 civilians in Ukraine, residential buildings hit

The 9th Hodson's Horse regiment charges near Vraignes, France, 1917

Nation

Thousands of forgotten World War I Indian soldiers commemorated in UK

UN secretary-general António Guterres.

World

‘AI at runaway speed’: United Nations launches first global AI dialogue

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Nation

India rejects claims Bhutan refused E20-blended petrol, but there’s a catch

Rescue workers search debris at a collapsed building in Catia la Mar, Venezuela.

World

Venezuela quake toll tops 3,342; India extends relief under Operation Amistad