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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.

Waves crash over the bow of the Arleigh-Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry, one of those deployed to the Mediterranean in anticipation of a military strike on Syria. (AFP)

September 3rd, 2013 - 09:22 GMT

Russia detects 'two ballistic objects' fired towards Mediterranean

US President Barack Obama (R) and French President Francois Hollande attend a G8 session on May 19, 2012 in Maryland (AFP/File)

September 2nd, 2013 - 06:35 GMT

France accuses Syria of 'massive and coordinated' chemical weapons attack

Afghanistan policemen stand near bodies of Taliban fighters, as they lie on a police vehicle in the grounds of the main hospital in Ghazni on September 1, 2013. (AFP)

September 2nd, 2013 - 08:03 GMT

Taliban bombers target US base in Afghanistan

Yemeni Prime Minister Mohamed Basindawa survived coming under fire from gunmen in Sanaa on Saturday. (AFP)

September 1st, 2013 - 08:45 GMT

Yemeni PM survives assassination attempt

SYRIA, DAMASCUS : Syrians gather near a vehicle of the United Nations (UN) arms experts as they inspect a site suspected of being hit by a deadly chemical weapons attack last week on August 28, 2013 in the Eastern Ghouta area on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus. AFP PHOTO /MOHAMED ABDULLAH

August 31st, 2013 - 01:08 GMT

U.N. chemical weapons inspectors leave Damascus

Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP PHOTO / RIA NOVOSTI / PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / ALEXEY NIKOLSKY

August 31st, 2013 - 12:46 GMT

Putin: "utter nonsense" Syrian regime behind chemical attacks

A cutout of US President Barack Obama stands on the sidewalk as demonstrators march in protest during a rally against a possible US and allies attack on Syria in response to possible use of chemical weapons by the Assad government, in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC on August 29, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB

August 30th, 2013 - 03:21 GMT

Obama meets national security team Friday

YEMEN, SANAA : Yemeni security forces inspect a damaged military bus following a bomb blast in Sanaa on August 25, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS

August 30th, 2013 - 01:44 GMT

Four al Qaeda militants killed in Yemen drone strike

AT SEA, ATLANTIC OCEAN : In this file picture downloaded from the US Navy website, taken on August 2, 2012, the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely comes alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge for a fueling at sea in the Atlantic Ocean. AFP PHOTO / US NAVY/Tamara Vaughn

August 30th, 2013 - 12:48 GMT

Russia: UK decision shows dangers of military action

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. AFP PHOTO / KAMARUL AKHIR

August 30th, 2013 - 08:16 GMT

US seeks international coalition to act on Syria, despite UK setback

Pope Francis welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah prior a private audience on August 29, 2013 at the Vatican. (AFP)

August 29th, 2013 - 03:38 GMT

Jordan King, Pope say dialogue 'only option' for Syria

Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. (AFP)

August 29th, 2013 - 09:48 GMT

Damascus readies itself for attack