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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.

Flowers and photos are displayed in remembrance of the victims of the attack on March 17, 2016 in Ankara, on the site of the blast that killed 35 people on March 13. (AFP/Adem Altan)

March 18th, 2016 - 10:01 GMT

Gunman kills two in Turkey’s capital Ankara

Egyptian army soldiers guard luggage and belongings of passengers of the A321 Russian airliner, at the site of the crash in Wadi al-Zolomat. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)

March 18th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Egypt plane crash investigation referred to attorney general, indicating foul play

A man looks into a burnt-out bus at the site of a blast in Ankara on March 13, 2016. (AFP/Mehmet Ozer)

March 17th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Kurdish TAK group claims responsibility for deadly Ankara bombing

Residents look at the aftermath of another suicide bombing in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AFP/File)

March 16th, 2016 - 10:21 GMT

BREAKING: Suicide bombing at Nigerian mosque kills over 20

analysts have warned that if the US Federal Reserve starts increasing interest rates, the precious metal could become more volatile. (File photo)

March 16th, 2016 - 10:12 GMT

Time to go for gold?

The Saudi government has been looking to reduce spending after posting a budget deficit of nearly $100B last year. (Wikipedia)

March 16th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Saudi Arabia launches fresh austerity drive

French Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault (C) and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (R) walk in front of one of the sites of the March 12 attack that killed 18 people in Grand Bassam.

March 15th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Al-Qaeda: Ivory Coast attack was ‘revenge’ against France

Smoke billows after a mortar shell hit a building in the Beer Basha area in Taiz on March 12, 2016, during clashes between forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed president and Houthi rebels. (AFP/Ahmad al-Basha)

March 15th, 2016 - 03:23 GMT

MSF: Dozens of civilians wounded in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen

Other measures being undertaken include the privatisation of state-owned assets including airports, ports and some facilities of Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (File photo)

March 15th, 2016 - 11:00 GMT

Kuwait introduces economic reforms: corporate profits taxed, commodities to be 'repriced'

Iraqi pro-government militiamen flash the sign of victory celebrating after the liberation from Daesh militants of the village of Sayed Ghareeb, near Dujail, on Tuesday. (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)

March 15th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Daesh fighter from US detained in Iraq

Kurdish peshmerga forces look out over Sinjar, Iraq. (AFP/File)

March 14th, 2016 - 02:42 GMT

Daesh militant from US turned himself in to Kurdish fighters in Iraq

Illustrative photo of a flight simulator. (AFP/Iroz Gaizka)

March 12th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

US and coalition drop 14 airstrikes on Iraq and Syria