'IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN A DECADE THAT WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG RECOVERY'

Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund IMF, spoke to FRANCE 24 during the annual meetings of her institution and the World Bank in Washington... READ MORE›

IMF SOUNDS CAUTION ON U.S. TAX REFORM

The International Monetary Fund is giving the Trump administration some unsolicited... READ MORE›

UKRAINE STILL HAS PLENTY TO DO TO SATISFY ITS $17.5 BILLION BAILOUT

This week's visit by the International Monetary Fund's second-in-command has shone the spotlight on how much Ukraine still has to do under its 17.5 billion bailout... READ MORE›

MACRON SAYS IMF SHOULD HAVE SMALLER ROLE IN EUROPEAN BAILOUTS

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the International Monetary Fund IMF should step back from its role in European bailouts... READ MORE›

JORDAN BORDER CROSSING WITH IRAQ TO REOPEN IN MAJOR BOOST TO TIES

Tureibil would open on Wednesday after the road was secured from attacks and criminal gangs, the Iraqi and Jordanian governments said in a joint statement... READ MORE›

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SCORCHING 'HEAT DOME' OVER MIDDLE EAST SEES TEMPERATURES SOAR TO 165F IN IRAN

But some of the most affluent figures in the Middle East are blissfully unaware of the scorching heat, such as Saudia Arabia's King Salman... READ MORE›

THE IMF IS WORRIED ABOUT THE WORLD'S $152 TRILLION DEBT PILE

Excessive private debt is a major headwind against the global recovery and a risk to financial stability, IMF fiscal chief Vitor Gaspar said in prepared remarks... READ MORE›

IS CAPTURES JORDAN WARPLANE PILOT

International business times uk isis jordanian military confirms capture of pilot muath safi al-kaseasbeh 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

AMERICA FIRST NO MORE AS IMF SEES U.S. FADING AS GROWTH ENGINE

In the April world economic outlook, it had forecast U.S. growth of 2.3 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, in 2017 and 2018... READ MORE›

US GOVERNMENT ASKS TOYOTA: WHY DOES ISIL HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMPANY'S VEHICLES?

The us treasury department has asked toyota for help in understanding why isil has so many of their vehicles... READ MORE›

EXCLUSIVE: GREECE NEEDS DEBT RELIEF FAR BEYOND EU PLANS - SECRET IMF REPORT

Exclusive Greece needs debt relief far beyond EU plans - Secret IMF report... READ MORE›

UK IS DENYING REFUGE TO CHRISTIANS FLEEING ISIL, SAY CHURCH LEADERS

Europe must awake and the Conservative British Government should be leading from the front... READ MORE›

SAUD AL-FAISAL QUIET FORCE IN MIDDLE EAST DIES AT 75

The 9 11 attacks also strained ties with the United States, especially after it was determined that 15 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DID NOT SHOOT DOWN JORDAN PLANE, SAYS US

Mail guardian online jordanian pilot captured by isis after aircraft brought down over syria 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

IS SUSPECTS HELD OVER 'PLOT' TO ATTACK SAUDI MOSQUES

Most of the suspects are Saudi citizens but they also include people from six nationalities including Yemen and Syria the interior ministry said... READ MORE›

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›

WALKING WITH MIGRANTS: THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM GREECE TO BERLIN

3pm, Piraeus I have met an Iraqi family who are pretending to be Syrian... READ MORE›

GLOBAL ELITES STEP UP DEFENSE OF OPENNESS AS POPULISM RISES

Global policy makers are stepping up their resolve to combat an isolationist backlash that threatens to undermine years of opening borders to trade and investment... READ MORE›

SAUDIS CAST NET FOR ISIS SYMPATHIZERS

In April, Saudi Arabia reported that 93 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State had been arrested... READ MORE›

2 AMERICANS AND A SOUTH AFRICAN ARE KILLED IN JORDAN

The shooting in the Jordanian capital immediately raised concerns of a possible infiltration of the training program by anti-American militants... READ MORE›

LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›

SYRIAN GIRLS 'SOLD' INTO FORCED MARRIAGES

Many of the young girls are sourced from refugee camps in Jordan that house more than 120 000 Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

GUNMAN IN JORDAN KILLS 5, INCLUDING 2 AMERICANS, AT POLICE TRAINING SITE

Military and police trainers in Jordan at around 1,000, stationed at air bases, army bases and the police training center... READ MORE›

PARCEL EXPLOSION AT IMF'S PARIS OFFICE WOUNDS EMPLOYEE

IMF chief Christine Lagarde said the organisation was working closely with French authorities to investigate the incident in Paris... READ MORE›

LETTER BOMB THAT EXPLODED AT PARIS IMF OFFICE WAS SENT FROM GREECE

The president, Francois Hollande, said French authorities would do all they could to find those responsible for the letter bomb... READ MORE›

US AXES $500M SCHEME TO TRAIN SYRIAN REBELS, SAYS NYT

The programme was the most visible element of US backing for Syrian opposition groups but it has already suffered embarrassing setbacks... READ MORE›

HOW TO DEFEAT RUSSIA'S SYRIA GAMBIT

Naturally, Russia has gone after the strongest threats to Assad's regime first, the non-ISIL Sunni groups near Aleppo and the western, more prosperous reaches of Syria... READ MORE›

JORDANIANS 'AT BOILING POINT' OVER REFUGEES

King Abdullah of Jordan says his country is at boiling point because of an influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

PROTECTIONISM IS RISING THE WORLD OVER OUR BEST DEFENSE IS FIGHTING INEQUALITY

Advances in technology are radically transforming the global economy... READ MORE›

GOOD RIDDANCE TO REYAAD KHAN AND RAHOUL AMIN

But as the crisis in Syria gets worse by the day, doing nothing is simply no longer an option for the Government... READ MORE›

IN JORDAN, WE UNDERSTAND A REFUGEE CRISIS

In the shops, subsidised consumer goods do not discriminate between a Jordanian and a Syrian, despite the economic impact the refugees are having... READ MORE›

SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD POSES BIGGER THREAT THAN ISIS, WARNS THINKTANK

Syrian president Assad poses bigger threat than Isis, warns thinktank... READ MORE›

LACK OF PAUSE IN YEMEN WAR DELAYS AID

Yemen, the region's poorest country, had one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world even before the recent conflict... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

IRAQIS JOIN AN INTENSIFYING FLOW OF REFUGEES TO EUROPE FROM TURKEY

Many of the Syrians at Bodrum had made multiple attempts at the crossing... READ MORE›