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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.

Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad rally during a demonstration against a possible US military strike on Syria in the Lebanese city of Sidon. (AFP)

September 9th, 2013 - 06:46 GMT

Assad denies chemical weapons claims, challenges US to provide evidence

German intelligence reports suggest that although Bashar Assad may not have personally approved the chemical weapons attack, it was perpetrated by forces loyal to his regime. (AFP)

September 8th, 2013 - 12:53 GMT

Syrian regime behind attacks but Assad not complicit - German intelligence

The Egyptian army have launched a massive campaign against Sinai militants. (AFP/File)

September 8th, 2013 - 07:09 GMT

Egyptian army's Sinai offensive kills nine militants

Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks about Syria at the Center for American Progress, September 5, 2013 in Washington, DC. (AFP)

September 7th, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

US has 'exhuasted all alternatives' to military action in Syria

A photo from the blast in Nasr City (Photo : Screen Shot from ONTV, courtesy of Ahram Online)

September 5th, 2013 - 10:01 GMT

Egyptian minister survives assassination attempt

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday approved a resolution authorising a military strike in Syria. (AFP)

September 5th, 2013 - 05:47 GMT

US Senate panel backs use of force in Syria

US President Obama said that the world "must not stay silent on Syria". (AFP/File)

September 4th, 2013 - 02:12 GMT

'The world cannot stay silent on Syria' - Obama

Sectarian violence in Iraq has killed an average of 15 people a day in 2013. (AFP/File)

September 4th, 2013 - 10:21 GMT

16 members of the same family killed in Iraq attack

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the topic of "The Authorization of Use of Force in Syria" in Washington, DC. (AFP)

September 4th, 2013 - 07:54 GMT

Kerry backtracks on US 'boots on the ground in Syria' comments

Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Francois Hollande in the Oval Office at the White House on May 18, 2012 (AFP)

September 3rd, 2013 - 03:25 GMT

Hollande calls on Europe to unite over Syria, says France 'will not act without US'

"For a lot of us Finns, including myself, Nokia phones are part of what we grew up with. Many first reactions to the deal will be emotional," said Alexander Stubb, Finland's minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, on his Twitter account.

September 3rd, 2013 - 01:14 GMT

After a 150 year-old legacy, Microsoft to purchase Nokia's handset business for $7.2 billion

Israeli boys stand with their bicycles as they watch a battery of Iron Dome, a short-range missile defence system, positioned on the outskirts of Tel Aviv on August 30, 2013. (AFP)

September 3rd, 2013 - 10:40 GMT

Israel, US behind Mediterranean missile activity