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IMF Approves $206 Million for Sri Lanka’s Cyclone Recovery, Defers Program Review

The decision pauses the fifth review pending an early 2026 mission to reassess needs.

EU Approves €90 Billion Loan for Ukraine, Leaves Frozen-Assets Plan Unresolved

AfDB’s ADF-17 Raises $10.5 Billion as African Nations Triple Pledges

EU Locks In Freeze on €210 Billion in Russian Reserves as Moscow Sues Euroclear for $229 Billion

EU Locks Down €210 Billion in Russian Central-Bank Assets to Advance Ukraine Loan Plan

EU Sets Out Safeguarded ‘Reparations Loan’ Plan to Deliver €90 Billion to Ukraine in 2026–27

EU Backs Emergency Powers to Keep €210 Billion in Russian Assets Frozen Indefinitely

Greece’s Pierrakakis Wins Eurogroup Presidency With Russia-Assets Dispute in Focus

IMF Clears $1.2 Billion for Pakistan After Reviews, Grants Waivers for Missed Targets

EU Presses Reparations Loan Using Frozen Russian Assets as Japan Declines to Join

Israel Says Iran-Directed Hamas Cash Network Operates From Turkey

EU Push to Fund Ukraine Hits New Snag as Hungary Kills Eurobond Backup, Belgium Holds Out

U.S. Grants Temporary Waiver for Lukoil-Branded Gas Stations Outside Russia Through April 2026

EU Tables Ukraine Loan Plan Using Frozen Russian Assets, Belgium Objects

Jamaica Secures Up to $6.7 Billion for Hurricane Melissa Reconstruction

UN 2026 Budget Plan Cuts $577 Million and 18.8% of Posts as Talks Advance

Belgium Escalates Block on EU Plan to Leverage Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine

Ukraine and IMF Reach Staff-Level Deal on Four-Year Program Worth About $8.2 Billion

IMF, Ukraine Seal Staff-Level Deal on Four-Year, $8.2 Billion Program

EU Moves to Fast-Track €140 Billion Ukraine Loan Using Frozen Russian Assets