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SANAA, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- As Saudi warplanes pound Houthi positions and Yemeni government forces push ahead in areas along the Red Sea coast, Riyadh is taking another step to counter the growing Houthi threat by bringing Turkish and Pakistani forces onto Saudi territory. At an emergency meeting in Riyadh on Monday, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan agreed to ensure "the rapid deployment of agreed forces and capabilities" to Saudi Arabia under their commitments to the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, giving the two-month-old security pact a more concrete military dimension, as Riyadh faces escalated Houthi attacks. Analysts see the outlines of a multipronged Saudi strategy: bolster defenses at home, increase military pressure on the Houthis in Yemen and rally wider regional support, whil...

DHAKA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has said that the country must move beyond reliance on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by tapping global and domestic markets for capital. "We cannot depend on the IMF," the minister said as the chief guest at a program in Dhaka on Sunday. Noting that Bangladesh's financial architecture was changing, he urged stakeholders to target a trillion-dollar economy by 2034. The Bangladeshi government recently decided to exit the existing 5.5-billion-U.S. dollar loan program with the IMF after some of the Washington-based lender's conditions were reported to be no longer suitable for the country's current circumstances. ■ Source link

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News Analysis: Saudi Arabia seeks to shift balance against Houthis through defense pact, Yemen offensive-Xinhua

Bangladesh to shift from IMF loans to market-based financing: minister-Xinhua