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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 screenshot from Amnesty International's video, showing barrel bombs being dropped on Daraya. (Youtube/Amnesty International)

June 1st, 2016 - 11:34 GMT

Temporary ceasefire declared in Damascus suburb

No new signal was detected from jet since day of crash, search intensifies for remains of EgyptAir flight MS804. (AFP/File)

May 29th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Search for crashed EgyptAir jet intensifies

The Americana Group also includes Costa Coffee, Baskin Robbins and Krispy Kreme franchises. (Americana Group)

May 29th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Adeptio abandons plans for stake in Americana-Kuwait Food Co

A Yemeni artist paints a wall in the capital Sanaa with a message of peace. (AFP/File)

May 27th, 2016 - 04:18 GMT

'Am I selfish for doing art?'

Earlier this week, Reuters reported that the bank had cut 15 per cent of its workforce of 70 employees. (File photo)

May 26th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Dubai's Shuaa Capital downplays reports of layoffs

Afghan officials examine the remains of roadside bombing from a suicide attack in Kabul earlier this year. (AFP/File)

May 25th, 2016 - 06:30 GMT

Suicide bomb hits bus of Afghan court employees in Kabul, 10 killed

Earlier this month Shuaa Capital announced a first-quarter net loss of Dhs 27.5 million. (Shuaa)

May 24th, 2016 - 07:05 GMT

Dubai's Shuaa Capital to lay off 15 per cent of workforce

Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev has been in power since 1989. (AFP Photo/Ilyas Omarov)

May 22nd, 2016 - 07:38 GMT

Fears of a Chinese land grab are destabilizing Kazakhstan

A file photo of Salah Abdeslam. (AFP/File)

May 21st, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Abdeslam refuses to speak at Paris attacks hearing

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide bombing in northern Baghdad on May 17, 2016. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

May 17th, 2016 - 03:30 GMT

Third suicide bombing hits Baghdad, 19 killed

The rise of free internet-based calling apps and messaging such as Viber and Whatsapp has cut into Gulf telecom operators' profits. (Vodafone)

May 17th, 2016 - 11:33 GMT

Vodafone Qatar to cut staff by ten percent, chairman quits

A file photo of an earlier car bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP/File)

May 17th, 2016 - 09:40 GMT

Double-bombing in Baghdad kills 13