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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.

Given the current budget deficit, the government is expected to continue with a number of reform measures, bearing political risks, so as to reduce expenses according to S&P. (File photo)

May 16th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

No respite in sight for Egypt's currency crisis: S&P

Egyptians protest a controversial deal to give two islands in the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia on Friday in Cairo. (AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed)

May 15th, 2016 - 08:08 GMT

Egypt jails 152 protesters over Red Islands controversy

Istanbul police officers. (AFP/File)

May 12th, 2016 - 04:18 GMT

Update: Eight wounded in Istanbul car bombing

Pakistani students shout slogans during a protest against the execution of the leader of Bangladesh's top Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, Motiur Rahman Nizami, in Karachi on May 11, 2016. (AFP/Rizwan Tabassum)

May 12th, 2016 - 11:30 GMT

Turkey recalls ambassador to Bangladesh over execution of Islamist leader convicted of war crimes

Iraqis carry the coffin of a victim of a car bombing in Baghdad's Shiite area of Sadr City during a funeral for people who died in the attack in the holy city of Najaf on May 11, 2016. (AFP/Haidar Hamdani)

May 12th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Two Daesh suicide bombings kill two, injure eight near Baghdad

Iraqis inspect damage following a car bomb in Sadr City, Baghdad earlier today. (photo: AFP/Ahmad al Rubaye)

May 11th, 2016 - 04:41 GMT

Disturbing video shows aftermath of Baghdad bomb that hit beauty salon

Iraqi soldiers inspect the wreckage of a car following an explosion. (AFP/File)

May 10th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Twelve killed in eastern Iraq car bomb

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri. (photo: AFP)

May 9th, 2016 - 04:58 GMT

Al Qaeda chief: Daesh are 'renegades' who will regret what they've done

Khurram Zaki was a sectarian research scholar, journalist, blogger, human rights and shia rights activist from Karachi, Pakistan. (NDTV.com)

May 8th, 2016 - 02:29 GMT

Pakistani rights activist Khurram Zaki assassinated; Two wounded

Daesh militants have caused trouble outside of Saudi Arabia's Mecca. (AFP/File)

May 5th, 2016 - 01:00 GMT

Saudi launches operation against Daesh militants in Mecca

A Syrian man walks past destroyed buildings on May 2, 2016, in Aleppo's Bab al-Hadid neighbourhood which was targeted recently by regime air strikes. (AFP/Karam al-Masri)

May 5th, 2016 - 08:00 GMT

New truce takes effect in Syria’s Aleppo

Turkish Prime Minister and leader of Turkey's ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ahmet Davutoglu greets members of parliament on May 03, 2016. (AFP/Adem Altan)

May 5th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Turkey to get new PM following rift between Davutoglu and Erdogan