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The IMFSaid Last Month That Growth in the Non-Oil Sector Was Expected to Accelerate as the Kingdom Moved Ahead With Economic Reforms. (Shutterstock)

September 18th, 2018 - 07:18 GMT

IMF Confident Saudi Can Meet 1.9 Percent GDP Forecast

Saudi Arabia’s economy can achieve an International Monetary Fund forecast of 1.9 percent gross domestic product growth this year, the central bank governor said on Sunday.

Algeria's President Bouteflika, who announced intentions to run for another term, has become a major US partner in the "fight against terrorism" (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)

October 27th, 2013 - 05:43 GMT

Algerian President Bouteflika to run for fourth term

A statue illustrates a classic form of the #facepalm.

October 26th, 2013 - 07:37 GMT

Ultimate #fail : Lebanon's politicians are, simply put, pathetic

Women plan to "take the wheel" on October 26 in a stand against restrictions on women driving in Saudi, the last country in the world that imposes limitations on women drivers. [mideastposts]

October 24th, 2013 - 06:00 GMT

Saudi authorities warn against "October 26 Women Drive Day" campaign

Residents of the rebel-held East Ghouta area outside Damascus worry that the regime's blockade will soon make their living situation comparable to areas like Moadamiya, where a yearlong blockade has led to starvation, fatal illness and deplorable humanitarian conditions (Courtesy of Violations Documentation Center in Syria)

October 23rd, 2013 - 04:20 GMT

Regime blockades in Damascus intensify, clashes reported in Homs

Thirty-eight Muslim Brotherhood detainees in the back of a police van suffocated to death in August after Egyptian police officers fired tear gas into the back of the vehicle where the prisoners were being held (Courtesy of World Observer)

October 22nd, 2013 - 03:37 GMT

Lead prosecutor orders arrest of four Egyptian policemen for Islamists' deaths

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on October 15, 2013 shows President Bashar al-Assad (C) and Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmed Hassun (C-R) praying at the Sayeda Hassiba mosque in the capital Damascus. (Image credit: AFP)

October 22nd, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Assad says he sees "sees no obstacles to standing for reelection"

John Kerry Chairs UN Security Council Meeting. (Image credit: Getty)

October 21st, 2013 - 05:55 GMT

Kerry meets with Saudi counterpart to discuss U.N. snub

Polio is an incurable disease that attacks the nervous system leaving its victims paralyzed for life (Courtesy of Rotary International-UK and Ireland)

October 21st, 2013 - 07:57 GMT

Polio discovered in Syria for the first time in 14 years

Arab League general secretary Nabil al-Arabi (R) listens to UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaking during a press conference following their meeting on October 20, 2013. (Image credit: AFP)

October 20th, 2013 - 05:26 GMT

Syria Geneva II conference could be held on November 23

Security forces fired tear gas on 500 students from Al-Azhar university and arrested four in a day of countrywide clashes Sunday (Courtesy of Mubasher/Al Jazeera)

October 20th, 2013 - 01:12 GMT

Egyptian security forces fire tear gas at university students, more attacks reported in Sinai

Six people were killed after a suicide bomber targeted the house of a senior policeman in northern Iraq. (AFP/File)

October 20th, 2013 - 08:53 GMT

Six killed in Iraq suicide bomber attack

Tunisia Islamist-led Ennahda party leadership agreed to step down from power as part of the political transition plan, but tension and trust issues with the opposition parties may undermine or delay this transition (Fethi Balaid/AFP/Getty)

October 19th, 2013 - 05:56 GMT

Tunisia: Islamist rulers say six months until new elections