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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Several hundred Lebanese people protested in Beirut on Sunday over the state of Lebanon’s economy and politics…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai’s real estate downturn is forcing construction and engineering firms to cut jobs and halt expansion plans,…

  The Egyptian government and the World Bank signed a US $1 billion agreement to support the Egyptian private sector…

  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has extended monthly allowances for government employees, military personnel, pensioners,…

JAKARTA/BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When the US Federal Reserve kept lifting interest rates this year, a world away in Jakarta…

  AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As the Middle East ushers in 2019, the decade’s ruinous conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya…

  The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Wednesday that the government would issue LE5 and LE10 plastic banknotes…

  The International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Chief Executive Officer Philippe Le Houérou announced on Saturday that government reforms introduced by…

  DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector grew at its fastest rate for 11 months in November, in…

  EU finance ministers agreed reforms to better fight against a financial crisis on Tuesday that fell short of the…