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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - Top finance officials from around the world will convene in Washington this week under the shadow of the war in the Middle East, which has delivered a third major shock to the global economy after the COVID pandemic and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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War in the Middle East: Latest developments
The latest developments in the Middle East war: - Trump orders blockade - US President Donald Trump said he has ordered his navy to block "any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz",
Finance leaders from across the world will meet in Washington this week under the shadow of the Middle East conflict, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank expected to lower growth forecasts and raise inflation projections as the war disrupts the global economy,
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The war in the Middle East will have a cascading impact on the global economy, even if a ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump takes hold,
The strikes carried out by both sides in the war have stretched across a vast area of more than four million square miles, as seen in this map overlaid onto Europe. Russia has been trying to control parts of Ukraine for more than a decade. Iran is nearly three times the size of Ukraine and has more than double its population.
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Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahed drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, describing the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used by Russia in Ukraine.
Energy prices, supply chains, and financial markets are the main transmission channels, but the regional effects will vary significantly
Since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, disrupted trade routes have caused delays to the delivery of medicines and other humanitarian aid to crisis zones such as Sudan and Mali.
Three and a half years of deflationary pressure on Chinese factories reversed course last month as higher energy prices cycled into the economy.