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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.

The upcoming visit will also offer insights into the relationship between the Netanyahu government and the Jewish community in the United States. (AFP/File)

February 15th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Trump and Netanyahu meet to discuss what to do about Iran

UK trade envoy to Egypt Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP and the CEO of UK Export Finance Mr Louis Taylor in Egypt in 2016. (Gov.uk)

February 13th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

UK’s 'biggest trade delegation to date' heads to Cairo

Arabtec did not provide any details on where the losses in 2016 came from, but the company had attributed earlier losses challenges in the economic environment. (File photo)

February 13th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Beleaguered Arabtec mulls capital reduction plan amid $926M reported loss

Once shunned in favour of prestigious foreign brands perceived to offer higher quality, Egyptian-made products are much more affordable for customers who are increasingly price-conscious. (Wikimedia Commons)

February 13th, 2017 - 05:16 GMT

Egyptians buy local as currency devaluation bites

Daesh militants are fighting to keep hold of their bases in Syria as the group loses ground in Iraq. (AFP/File)

February 12th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Syria’s Daesh-held Raqqa expected to be liberated by Spring

Sana’a has not withdrawn its permission for the U.S. to carry out special operations ground missions.

February 9th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Washington to strengthen diplomatic ties with Yemen

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are seen in a military ceremony. (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)

February 9th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Trump mulls labeling Muslim Brotherhood and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as ‘terrorist’ groups

Rebel fighters near the town of Bizaah, northeast of the city of al-Bab on 4 February. (AFP/File)

February 8th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Syrian rebels escalate battle against Deash in al-Bab

OPEC countries agreed with exterior independent producers, including Russia, to reduce their product around 1.8 million barrels per day for six months starting from January. (File photo)

February 8th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT

Oil production cut compliance rate hits highest level in history of OPEC

President Trump, you’re not wrong here! The Middle East was controlling its borders in the name of security long before you came along and called a spade a spade.

February 7th, 2017 - 02:18 GMT

Hey Team Trump: The Middle East is on your ban-wagon!

Iraq needs an 'Afghanistan-style' de-mining operation, according to the UN. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

UN: Millions of dollars needed to de-mine Iraq in wake of Daesh

A picture taken on February 5, 2017, shows portraits of Abdallah El-Hamahmy, an Egyptian suspected of being the machete attacker in Paris's Louvre museum, placed on a sofa at the family home in the Nile delta city of Mansura, some 120 kms north of Cairo. (AFP/Mahmood Shahin)

February 6th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Father of alleged Louvre attacker says his son is innocent