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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.

A poster of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi is seen during a pro-Morsi demonstration on July 1, 2013 in Istanbul (Ozan Kose / AFP)

July 2nd, 2013 - 08:44 GMT

Morsi fight-back, President rejects army ultimatum

Superior Court in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Source: Wikimedia/Basil D. Soufi)

July 2nd, 2013 - 08:19 GMT

UAE coup trial convicts 64 Islamists

Egyptians shout slogans against President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood as hundreds of thousands of Egyptian demonstrators gather at the presidential palace during a protest calling for the ouster of Morsi on July 1, 2013 in Cairo.

July 2nd, 2013 - 05:37 GMT

Military coup 2.0: Is Egypt's opposition smelling victory?

Egyptian Armed Forces issues a 48 hour ultimatum to all Egyptian forces to reach a resolution or face military “road map” that “will not exclude anyone.”

July 1st, 2013 - 03:04 GMT

Egypt's military marches in: Army issues all parties 48-hour ultimatum to reach resolution

The armed men who ransacked the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Cairo on Monday had crossed a red line of violence, the ruling movement said, adding that it was considering action to defend itself.

July 1st, 2013 - 02:46 GMT

Muslim Brotherhood vows vengeance: Opposition crossed 'Red Line'

Egyptian men carry items looted from the burnt headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood (Khaled Desouki / AFP)

July 1st, 2013 - 10:07 GMT

Protesters storm, ransack Muslim Brotherhood Cairo HQ

Bahrain has a population of 1.3 million people and an economy worth $30 billion

July 1st, 2013 - 08:31 GMT

Bahrain's economy bounces back in Q1 of 2013

Oil pipeline blast (image used for illustrative purposes)

June 30th, 2013 - 12:07 GMT

Tribesmen blow up Yemen's main oil export pipeline

A Saudi woman looks at her mobile as she walks through a coffee shop in the capital Riyadh last week. The Saudi government has enacted a switch in the weekend in Saudi, making the working week go from Sunday-Thursday, in line with the majority of the Arab world. (AFP)

June 30th, 2013 - 10:28 GMT

Saudi gets in sync, but gov't faces backlash over weekend change

Libyan state security forces known as the "National Mobile Forces" patroling the street with the help of local rebels who know the Tripoli area, Novemeber 2012 (File photo: AFP)

June 27th, 2013 - 12:03 GMT

Death toll from Libyan clashes rises to five, 97 wounded in Tripoli

Syrian girls walk with their mother as she turns to look at smoke billowing from three shells dropped on the town of Al-Bara in the northwestern province of Idlib. (Source AFP/DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS)

June 27th, 2013 - 11:01 GMT

U.N. sends team to Turkey to probe claims of chemical weapons use in Syria

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June 27th, 2013 - 10:19 GMT

Etisalat, Turkcell, others eye Dubai's Tunisie Telecom stake