"We have to have growth, otherwise basically the economy will shrink," Milinda Moragoda says

7 survivors made it to shore from the boat, which headed to Europe and was carrying 80 people, the IOM said

Turkey's General Directorate of Security said it had identified 613 people accused of making provocative posts

An Indian government official said the income tax survey was not vindictive or "done out of a sense of pique"

The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the US jointly voiced opposition over Israel's plans

US President Joe Biden called the agreement "historic"

The deal to free up grain exports from Ukraine's southern Black Sea ports was extended on Nov. 17 for 120 days

Earlier reports said the rescued person was a man, but later state broadcaster TRT reported that it was a woman

"A suspicious figure approached the forces with an explosive device, the forces opened fire in response," army said

"We oppose such unilateral measures, which undermine the prospects for a negotiated two-state solution," Blinken says