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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.

Gadhafi's overthrow has created a power vacuum in the North African country where growing clashes between rival clans has undermined Libya's political transition (AFP)

October 5th, 2013 - 03:21 GMT

Libyan soldiers killed at Bani Walid checkpoint

Khamenei has the final say on Iran's foreign policy decisions (AFP)

October 5th, 2013 - 03:05 GMT

Khamenei on Rouhani: actions speak louder than the Ayatollah's words

Syria is believed to have more than 1,000 tonnes of chemical agents and precursor chemicals within its borders (Courtesy of Ammar al-Arbini/AFP/Getty Images)

October 5th, 2013 - 06:12 GMT

Syria provides more information to OPCW

Morsi supporters clashed with Egyptian security forces throughout the country Friday leaving at least four killed in the violent exchanges (Courtesy of STR/AFP/Getty Images)

October 5th, 2013 - 04:17 GMT

Friday protests leave four dead in Egypt

An injured supporter of deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is carried into the Fateh Mosque at Ramses Square (Image credit: Getty)

October 4th, 2013 - 03:57 GMT

Thousands of Morsi supporters clash with Egyptian police

U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy walks to the House Chamber for a vote October 3, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Democrats and the Republicans have come together to extend a measure granting visas to Iraqi interpreters. (Image credit: AFP)

October 4th, 2013 - 10:34 GMT

Iraqi interpreters bridge the U.S. Congressional divide

Lebanese soldiers block a road leading to the American embassy in eastern Beirut. (Image credit: AFP)

October 4th, 2013 - 06:40 GMT

U.S. permits staff to return to Beirut Embassy

United Nations vehicles are seen leaving the hotel in Damascus on October 3, 2013. (Image credit: AFP)

October 4th, 2013 - 05:18 GMT

U.N. chemical experts report "encouraging progress in Syria"

A picture taken on outside the Russian embassy in Tripoli shows a car that was destroyed during an attack. Russia has evacuated all embassy staff from Libya. (Image credit: AFP)

October 3rd, 2013 - 03:53 GMT

Russia evacuates Libyan embassy staff to Tunisia

Ready to respond after the first attack on Hanfi, an anti-Taliban militia leader. [tribune]

October 3rd, 2013 - 06:59 GMT

Anti-Taliban leader attacked in Pakistan

Iran's parliament praised Rouhani's diplomacy with the West in a statement released Wednesday (Courtesy of Press TV)

October 3rd, 2013 - 06:21 GMT

Iranian parliamentarians praise Rouhani's bids for dialogue with the West

Disrespecting the Egyptian flag is now punishable under law with up to a six month prison sentence or a 5,000 pound fine (Courtesy of Chris Newbould/Digital Production Middle East)

October 3rd, 2013 - 05:47 GMT

Egypt: government criminalizes disrespecting flag, EU meets with Islamists amidst clashes in Suez