The World Bank will press the international community to endorse its 2030 anti-poverty goals at next week's meeting with the IMF, Bank president Jim Yong Kim said Friday.

"Our top priority for this meeting is simple and clear: We want to push the world to commit to ending extreme poverty by 2030 and boosting shared prosperity in countries worldwide," Kim said in a conference call with reporters.

The International Monetary Fund recognized the government of Somalia Friday, ending a 22-year break in relations that could lead to IMF technical and policy support to the country.

"The International Monetary Fund today recognized the Federal Government of Somalia, headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, paving the way for the resumption of relations after a 22-year interval," the IMF said in a statement.

European Union finance ministers tackle tax fraud and money-laundering as they wrap up two days of talks on Saturday.

After a first day in Dublin focused on eurozone bailout issues -- tougher terms for Cyprus, easier repayments for Ireland and Portugal -- ministers want to flesh out a banking union that sets down the pecking order for creditor losses in future Nicosia-style private-sector "bail-ins".

The European Union must clarify "rules of the game" regarding help for Europe's ailing banks, and accelerate the creation of a mechanism to either help them or wind them up, EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Ollie Rehn said in a interview published Friday by three European newspapers.

"I think it's important that, as there is still some uncertainty on rules of the game concerning resolution and bail-in, that we clarify these rules now," Rehn told the Wall Street Journal Europe, the German newspaper Die Welt and the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad.

The heiress of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis, Athina, is negotiating a lease of the Ionian Sea island of Skorpios that was one of her family's most prized assets, a local official said on Friday.

"There are advanced talks that may have already produced a deal," Stathis Zavitsanos, the mayor of neighboring island of Meganissi that administers Skorpios, told Agence France Presse.

Cyprus eased from Friday unprecedented eurozone capital controls it imposed to prevent a run on its stricken banking sector, ending restrictions on all transactions under 300,000 euros ($393,000).

But a daily cash withdrawal limit of 300 euros is to remain in place for at least the next seven days, the finance ministry decreed.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday criticized changes made by U.S. lawmakers to last year's defense budget as purely political and contrary to the department's future as envisioned by Pentagon leaders.

Hagel expressed frustration that -- despite Pentagon efforts to trim programs it deems bloated -- members of Congress have reintroduced expendable programs, apparently to please constituents in their home districts.

The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday the release of a portion of its $2.1 billion loan to Jordan to help it weather regional instability, including an influx of Syrian refugees.

The IMF executive board, after its first review of Jordan's economic performance under the three-year loan approved last August, made $385 million immediately available to the country, the second tranche of funding under the program.

Lebanon has returned to Tunisia 28.8 million dollars stashed away there by the family of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was overthrown in January 2011, President Moncef Marzouki's office said Thursday.

The funds were returned by Qatari chief prosecutor Ali bin Fetais al-Marri, who has been charged by the United Nations with coordinating inquiries into funds diverted by leaders overthrown in the Arab Spring, a statement said.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for a joint cabinet session Thursday as the European export power and the Asian population giant seek to boost economic ties.

While Germany, amid the eurozone crisis, wants to broaden trade and investment links with large emerging markets, India is seeking German technology and expertise in areas such as renewable energies and education.