The Latest Breaking News from International Monetary Fund

Jordan's Finance Minister Mohamad Al Ississ told Reuters on Tuesday that S&P Global's decision to maintain the kingdom's sovereign credit rating at B+/B reflected confidence in accelerating IMF-backed reforms. "This is the latest confirmation of Jordan's credit rating ...

Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati hailed the latest development in the Saudi-Iranian relations, stressing that Lebanon supports any "consensual" course in the region mainly that Saudi Arabia is a party to it.

Pakistan’s foreign minister says his country is facing “a perfect storm” of troubles — an economic crisis, the consequences of catastrophic flooding and terrorism “that is once again rearing its ugly head” as a result of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

With Ramadan approaching, millions of Pakistanis struggle to put food on the table amid a worsening economic crisis.

Sri Lanka’s president says China has given crucial debt restructuring assurances that mean the bankrupt nation could get its bailout package approved soon

The IMF simply does not have the data it needs to independently calculate Russia’s GDP by any accepted method.

Thousands of people marched through Tunisia's capital on Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and rising inflation as the country's largest trade union called on President Kais Saied to accept "dialogue".

The country is awaiting approval of a $2.9bn IMF bailout package as it endures its worst financial crisis since 1948.

We must face, and act upon, an inconvenient truth. The impact of human activities on Earth's geology and ecosystems is threatening the foundations of life on our planet and decades of progress in human development.

Government and global community must act to prevent children from ‘becoming a lost generation’, warns Save the Children.

Egypt raised domestic gasoline prices on Thursday in line with a commitment under a financial support package with the International Monetary Fund, while keeping the diesel price unchanged, the petroleum ministry said in a statement. The country's fuel pricing committee set the prices in a quarterly review, raising the price…