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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.

Egyptian police forces remove a crate filled with copies of the Koran and religious books after moving in to disperse supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi (AFP/MOHAMMED ABDEL MONEIM)

August 16th, 2013 - 01:34 GMT

Police and soldiers targeted as Egyptian military moves to secure government buildings

A screengrab taken from a video released on You Tube on August 15, 2013 allegedly shows three armed and masked members of a previously unknown Syrian rebel group that claimed responsibility for the blast in the Lebanese capital Beirut. (AFP/YouTube)

August 15th, 2013 - 05:21 GMT

Sunni militant group claims responsiblity for Beirut blast

The stock exchange will resume trading next week, the exchange said.

August 15th, 2013 - 10:15 GMT

Egypt's stock exchange, banks also under state of emergency

A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi gestures during clashes with police in Cairo (AFP/MOSAAB EL-SHAMY)

August 15th, 2013 - 09:15 GMT

Egypt death toll rises to 300

A picture taken on August 10, 2013 shows the damages caused by an explosion in Nasiriyah, south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad (AFP/STR)

August 15th, 2013 - 08:54 GMT

Baghdad bomb kills 12 near Green Zone

ElBaradei, seen here in 2012, announced his resignation on August 14, 2013 in a letter to the interim president on Wednesday. (AFP/File)

August 14th, 2013 - 04:24 GMT

Egyptian VP ElBaradei resigns in protest of pro-Morsi crackdown

Iraqis talk on the site where a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle on August 11, 2013 in the northern city of Tuz Khurmatu. Car bombs ripped through Baghdad cafes and markets while blasts and shootings struck elsewhere on August 10, killing 61 people as Iraq marked the end of its deadliest Ramadan holy month in years. (AFP)

August 14th, 2013 - 04:07 GMT

Iraqi PM vows to 'hunt down' militants responsible for Eid violence

For Illustrative Purposes (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)

August 14th, 2013 - 02:27 GMT

Worldwide Condemnation of Cairo violence

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech to released Palestinian prisoners, at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 14, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI

August 14th, 2013 - 12:17 GMT

Abbas vows to release all Palestinians in Israeli jails

An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from going forward during clashes that broke out as Egyptian security forces moved in to disperse supporters of Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Morsi (AFP/MOHAMMED ABDEL MONEIM)

August 14th, 2013 - 11:16 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters arrested in Cairo

Brent crude oil rose toward $110 per barrel Tuesday after oil exports from Libya fell to their lowest for two years, heightening supply worries ahead of scheduled cuts in output from fellow OPEC member Iraq.

August 14th, 2013 - 08:23 GMT

Shortages in Libyan and Iraqi oil production raise world prices

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah (AFP/ABBAS MOMANI)

August 14th, 2013 - 05:57 GMT

Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners walk free