(Reuters) – Pakistan plans to seek a new loan of at least $6 billion from the International Monetary Fund to help the incoming government repay billions in debt due this year, Bloomberg News reported …
	India’s stock market will soar to $10 trillion by 2030, and the country’s growth is impossible for investors to ignore, Jefferies says
India’s stock market is poised to more than double to $10 trillion by 2023, according to Jefferies.  The country will overtake Japan and Germany to become the world’s third-largest economy by 2027. …
	China demands the US stop any official contact with Taiwan following a congressional visit
China is responding sternly to a U.S. congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan, demanding the U.S. stop any official contact with the self-governing island.
	China’s ‘aggressive’ and ‘insidious’ moves in the Pacific have the US Army strengthening what a top general says is the ‘greatest counterweight’
The Army and its Pacific partners are closer than ever, and it’s “the greatest counterweight” against China, a top general said.
	FINCA Azerbaijan demonstrates growth over 2023 results
Demonstrating good financial strength, over 2023 period FINCA Azerbaijan non-banking credit organization (NBCO) achieved a substantial 22% increase in its loan portfolio, reaching 64m AZN by …
	UK criticised over apparent call to firms to rebuild disputed areas of Azerbaijan
Officials held online meeting with business leaders despite flight of ethnic Armenians after military takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh …
	International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used …
	International watchdog investigation finds Islamic State used mustard gas in 2015 attack in Syria
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team said Thursday that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria found “reasonable grounds to believe” that the Islamic State group used …
	Sri Lanka Offers New Restructuring Plan To Bondholders
Sri Lanka sent a new restructuring proposal to dollar bondholders through its adviser Lazard as the South Asian nation seeks to complete ov …
	Sri Lanka Offers New Restructuring Plan To Bondholders
Sri Lanka sent a new restructuring proposal to dollar bondholders through its adviser Lazard as the South Asian nation seeks to complete ov …