Russia’s economy is expected to grow by more than 2%, Minister of Economic Development Maksim Reshetnikov has said. Reshetnikov told TASS news agency that the forecast is preliminary, noting that work on the final figures would be completed by the ministry later this month.

At least 4 servicemen were killed and 4 others injured in a new attack in Damascus suburbs, according to SANA Syrian air defenses have been activated to intercept a volley of “hostile” projectiles in the vicinity of the country’s capital Damascus, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported early Monday morning.

West Africa’s regional bloc has imposed a Sunday deadline for coup leaders to stand down Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has warned that a potential intervention to reverse the coup in Niger could have significant ramifications for regional stability, as a Sunday threat looms for the West African nation to restore its elected leadership.