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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.

Japan is offering a $3 billion credit line to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company

February 10th, 2013 - 07:45 GMT

Japan lends $3 billion to UAE oil company

Sheikh Moaz Al-Khabib, President of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces poses for photographers ahead of bilateral talks with US Vice President Joseph Biden. (AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE)

February 5th, 2013 - 07:07 GMT

Syria's opposition offers Assad an exit strategy

An Israeli soldier stands guard in front of an amusement park during a military operation carried out to arrest Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday. (AFP PHOTO/SAIF DAHLAH)

February 4th, 2013 - 01:13 GMT

Israel goes on spree of Hamas arrests in the West Bank

Despite defaulting on an Islamic bond last year, Dana Gas, has posted a 20 per cent rise in profits

February 4th, 2013 - 12:06 GMT

Dana Gas posts profits despite default

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will become the first Iranian president to travel to Egypt in over 30 years when he visits Cairo next week

February 4th, 2013 - 10:09 GMT

Ahmadinejad makes history with trip to Egypt for OIC summit

The Saudi non-oil sector grew in January, according to statistics released on Monday

February 4th, 2013 - 09:13 GMT

Saudi non-oil trade easing as economy grows

An image grab taken from the state-run Syrian TV shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (L) siting next to Syrian Grand Mufti Ahmed Hassun. (AFP PHOTO/SYRIAN TV)

February 3rd, 2013 - 01:08 GMT

Syria's Assad accuses Israel of trying to destabilize his country

Iran’s crude exports reached 1.4 million barrels per day

February 3rd, 2013 - 08:50 GMT

The great game: Despite sanctions, Iran sees oil sales rise

Lakhdar Brahimi (R), Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on Syria, talks with Sheikh Moaz Al-Khatib, head of the Syrian oposition during the Munich Security Conference. (AFP PHOTO / THOMAS KIENZLE)

February 3rd, 2013 - 04:57 GMT

Syrian opposition are invited for key talks in Russia - reports

Violent clases in Cairo and the Suez region have claimed dozens of lives since January 25.

January 31st, 2013 - 12:42 GMT

Egypt's leaders meet for crisis talks called for by top cleric

The 'Badlanders' enter the fray, desperate to grab the Coca Cola mirage. (Photo courtesy of cokechase.com)

January 31st, 2013 - 10:35 GMT

Super Bowl feud: Coke commercial panders to Arab ‘camel jockey’ stereotypes

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman speaks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Thursday, April 26, 2012. (The Daily Star/Mohammad Azakir)

January 30th, 2013 - 12:05 GMT

Lebanon pledges hundreds of millions for Syrian refugees at regional conference