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LONDON: Oil prices were little changed on Friday, with global benchmark Brent hovering above $85 per barrel, as the possibility of a ceasefire in Gaza gained traction.

A Reuters poll had expected the rate to ease to 2.5% last month. The consumer price index fell 0.4% in February from January

Finance leaders from the world’s largest economies failed to agree on a joint statement as they wrapped up talks on Thursday, with divisions over the wars in Gaza and Ukraine overshadowing efforts to forge a consensus on global economic development.

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday stressed that Jordan will not allow any conditions to affect its internal priorities and national interests, despite the difficult situation in the region.

WASHINGTON: Talks with Egypt to boost its International Monetary Fund loan program are making excellent progress, the IMF said on Thursday, saying that Egypt needs a “very comprehensive support package” to deal with economic challenges, including pressures from the war in Gaza.

Thirty Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on areas the regime claimed to be “safe” in the city of Deir al-Balah, the central Gaza Strip, local Palestinian authorities say.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says Israeli forces have taken 2 top officials of the organization to an unknown location after raiding Al-Amal Hospital in southern Gaza.

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been either killed, wounded, or missing since Israel launched its brutal war in the besieged Gaza Strip in early October.

JERUSALEM: Israel has been plunged into a mental health crisis by the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, with the population reeling from anxiety and depression and at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, experts say.

BEIRUT: A senior Hamas official said Saturday that a final agreement has not yet been reached over a tentative truce deal to pause the nearly four-month war with Israel in Gaza.