Senegal and the IMF have reached a staff-level agreement on a three-year, $2.2bn program to resume IMF lending after the fund froze financing two years ago following discovery of previously undisclosed loans worth billions of dollars. The agreement requires IMF executive board approval, the IMF said on Tuesday. Senegal said it will use the revised G20 common framework for debt restructuring and intends to seek debt treatment to restore debt sustainability. The IMF said: "The IMF-supported progra

美國財長貝森特：伊朗的資金也可以用於幫助恐怖主義受害者。

Robert Pape, a University of Chicago scholar of air power, blockades and sanctions, criticized U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent’s “economic D‑day” campaign against Iran as a dangerous escalation trap unlikely to compel Tehran and liable to draw the U.S. into deeper military conflict. Pape said such measures have not won major wars or toppled governments and warned that tightening sanctions on Iran and its trading partners could provoke retaliatory moves that force Washington to escalate. "This will lead to another escalation trap," he said.