WASHINGTON -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday maintained its global growth forecast in 2024 at 3.2 percent, consistent with its projection in July, its newly released World Economic Outlook (WEO) report said.

The level of uncertainty surrounding the global economic outlook is high, the report noted. (IMF-Global Economy-2024)

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MANILA -- A speeding sedan car carrying five people rammed into a parked 10-wheeler truck in Rizal province, east of Manila, before dawn on Tuesday, killing one and injuring three, police said.

Police said the crash happened before 4 a.m. local time along a highway in Antipolo City, resulting in the death of one at the scene. (Philippines-Road Accident)

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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said on Tuesday that security forces killed the commander of the Islamic State (IS) group for Iraq and eight other senior leaders in an operation in a mountainous area of northern Iraq.

In a post on the social media platform X, al-Sudani said the operation was carried out by the Counter-Terrorism and National Security Services and targeted the terrorist hideouts in the Hamrin mountain range. (Iraq-IS Militant-Killing)

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ANKARA -- Türkiye's National Intelligence Organization has detained three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday.

Zeynep Taskiran and Zubeyde Taskiran, allegedly key members of the group's European structure, were detained in Istanbul, while Hatin Sahbaz, the third PKK member, was arrested in northwestern Balikesir province, the report said. (Türkiye-PKK Members-Detention) Enditem

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