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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.

FIFA Ethics Committee investigates its own judge over offshore accounts

April 5th, 2016 - 01:08 GMT

FIFA judge faces ethics investigation over offshore accounts

Israel was formerly an importer of gas, but has recently established itself as an exporter following the discovery of the Leviathan offshore deposit and Tamar fields in 2009. (File photo)

March 29th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Israel court ruling jeopardizes regional gas export deals

The fighters of the Houthi movement brandish their weapons during a rally against Saudi airstrikes. (AFP/File)

March 29th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Houthis and Saudi forces exchange prisoners

Giulio Regeni, an Italian student, was killed in Cairo in January. (File photo)

March 27th, 2016 - 08:46 GMT

Egypt orders detention of four relatives of gang members involved in Regeni’s death

Iraqi soldiers fire artillery as they hold a position on the outskirts of Makhmur, about 175 miles north of Baghdad, on March 26, 2016, during a military operation to recapture Mosul from Daesh. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

March 27th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Turkish soldier killed by Daesh rocket in northern Iraq

Syrian government forces have recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Daesh militants, opening up much of eastern Syria to government control. (AFP/File)

March 25th, 2016 - 02:37 GMT

Syrian army retakes Tadmor castle at Palmyra from Daesh

The US Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy has begun a diplomatic campaign with businesses to clarify the US stance on banking transactions with Iran. (AFP/Al Saadi)

March 24th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Post-sanctions, fears of US banking fines hamper Iran trade

A Jewish Yemeni man arrives in Israel on March 21, 2016 after a covert operation that evacuated a group of 19 Yemeni Jews from their home country. The evacuees were amongst the last remaining members of Yemen's ancient Jewish community, of whom an estimated 40-50 remain. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

March 24th, 2016 - 06:58 GMT

This past week in photos: Yemen

Daesh has destroyed many ancient structures in the city of Palmyra. (AFP/File)

March 23rd, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Syrian forces advance on Palmyra

A forensic policeman examines a trashcan near the Molenbeek subway station, looking for clues. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)

March 23rd, 2016 - 05:30 GMT

Bomb, Daesh flag discovered during police raids in Brussels

Bedouin-inspired tents are a feature of luxury desert-safaris. (Four Seasons/Peter Vitale)

March 22nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Qatar FIFA World Cup organizers mull Bedouin-style tents for fans due to potential room shortage

Yemenis extinguish fire at the scene of two suicide blasts which provoked the explosion of a motorbike in Dar Sad, north of the southern Yemeni port city of Aden, on March 16, 2016. (Saleh al-Obeidi)

March 18th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Saudi officials: Major fighting in Yemen ‘nearing an end’