Pressure is mounting on the Joe Biden administration to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets and to remove hurdles in the delivery of aid to millions of people teetering at the brink of starvation and death.

The latest World Bank report on global economic prospects shows Iran’s GDP rose by 3.1% last year.

With the World Bank donors expected to meet soon, Afghan nation have pinned hope on them to take some practical steps to alleviate the financial problems of the war-torn country.

The freezing of assets and aid worth billions of dollars by the US and its European allies has plunged Afghanistan into unimaginable humanitarian crisis.

The World Bank decides to halt payments for operations in Sudan after the country's military seized power from a transitional government in an apparent coup d'état.

The World Bank warns that climate change could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050.

A senior official in the Gaza Strip says the besieged enclave suffered $479 million in losses during the latest Israeli aggression.