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In its latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report, the WTO forecast that in a baseline growth scenario excluding energy price shocks, global merchandise trade growth would slow to 1.9 percent in 2026 from 4.6 percent in 2025 before rebounding to 2.6 percent in 2027.    

Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a post on social media platform X on Wednesday evening that the Afghan government has suspended its military operations against Pakistan during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.    

The World Food Programme (WFP) warned that the total number of people worldwide facing acute levels of hunger could reach record levels in 2026 if the escalation in the Middle East continues to destabilize the global economy.    

Among them, about 39,000 were residential units, Razieh Alishavandi, director of Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) for international affairs, told Xinhua in a recent interview.    

He said in a social media post that Argentina communicated this decision through a note addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General on March 17, 2025.    

The 2025 Global Water Monitor Report led by The ANU demonstrates that continued warming is altering how water moves, is stored and is exchanged between the atmosphere, land and oceans, with significant consequences for societies and ecosystems, said an ANU news release.

Fuad Didic, a Bosnian political scientist and former diplomat, said that the U.S. move should not be viewed as an isolated incident but rather as part of a broader U.S. strategic framework.

The ministers expressed "serious concerns about the renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza which remains catastrophic," according to the statement released by the British Foreign Office.

Despite geopolitical tensions, higher costs, and uneven global demand, which slowed growth momentum, global trade continued to grow through the second half of 2025, UNCTAD said in its latest report.

The Madrid-based organization said in its quarterly World Tourism Barometer that over 1.1 billion people made international trips in the first nine months of the year, around 5 percent more than in the same period of 2024.