Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire comes into effect    Five survivors found day after Red Sea tourist boat sinking    Imran Khan supporters pushed back by security forces    Russia launched a record number of almost 200 drones toward Ukraine    King Salman calls for rain-seeking prayer on Thursday    Al Hilal advances to AFC Champions League knockout stage despite 1-1 draw with Al Sadd    Finance minister: All Vision 2030 projects have sustainable funding that won't affect public finances    Crown Prince announces medium-term debt strategy to diversify funding sources "A resilient economy capable of overcoming challenges reflects progress towards achieving Vision 2030 goals"    Riyadh Season draws 8 million visitors in 6 weeks    Alkhorayef highlights role of National Initiative for Global Supply Chains in boosting Saudi economy    Saudi Arabia signs investment deals worth SR35bn with foreign firms to strengthen global supply chains    Saudi Arabia unveils updates on Expo 2030 Riyadh master plan at 175th BIE General Assembly Riyadh Expo Development Company established to oversee strategic planning, operations, and legacy development    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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U.S. House of Representatives Passes $1 Trillion Bill Paying For Government Agencies
The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed an over $1 trillion budget bill paying for day-to-day budgets of 10 Cabinet departments. The vote to approve the measure comes in the midst of a highly partisan Congress, where lawmakers are also (...)

17 - 12 - 2011
U.S. Congress passes spending bill to keep gov't running
The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed a $915 billion bill to fund most federal agency activities through next September and avert a government shutdown, Reuters reported. By a vote of 67-32, the Senate approved the legislation that passed the House of (...)

17 - 12 - 2011
President Obama Radio Address
U.S. President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to cap a week of events devoted to ending the war in Iraq and thanking U.S. troops - and their families - for their service and sacrifice. In his radio address, President Obama said "See, (...)

17 - 12 - 2011
U.S. Consumer Prices Unchanged In November
Consumer prices were unchanged in November as Americans paid less for cars and gasoline, while the 12-month inflation reading fell for the second straight month, which could give the Federal Reserve more room to help a still-weak economy, the Labor (...)

16 - 12 - 2011
Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives In Washington
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki arrived here last night on an official visit to the United States for talks with President Barack Obama and a number of officials in the U.S. administration and U.S. Congress. A statement issued by the White (...)

12 - 12 - 2011
President Obama Confirms His Candidacy For A Second Term
U.S. President Barack Obama announced today his candidacy for a second term in the upcoming U.S. presidential elections. In an interview with 'CNBC,' President Obama said he wants to complete the task of developing the U.S. economy on the strong (...)

12 - 12 - 2011
President Obama Radio Address
U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday said he will not take "no" for an answer on his nominee to head a new consumer watchdog agency. President Obama has nominated former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Recognized by U.S. Academy
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has been accepted into the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) as an organization member, the President of AAUS said Friday. “On behalf of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, I wish (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
Wall Street Closing
U.S. stocks finished higher, as all three major indexes rose more than one percent, after a majority of European leaders agreed on a new deal to try to resolve the eurozone debt crisis. In world markets, European stocks ended higher, led by the CAC (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
NASA Approves Launch of Private Space-Station Visit
A private space firm will attempt the first commercial cargo supply trip to the International Space Station (ISS) in February, the U.S. space agency announced Friday. The approval from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) comes (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
Strong Evidence of Past Water Found on Mars
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) rover searching for signs of previous water on Mars has found the strongest evidence yet: a vein of gypsum, a mineral deposited by water, protruding from an ancient rock. The Opportunity rover (...)

10 - 12 - 2011
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in October to its lowest level in 10 months, but imports from China hit a record high, the government reported Friday. The Commerce Department said the trade deficit shrank 1.6 percent to $43.5 billion. Both U.S. (...)

09 - 12 - 2011
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Strongest Since June
U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in six months in early December due to signs of better labor conditions and an improving outlook on the economy, a survey showed on Friday. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's preliminary (...)

09 - 12 - 2011
IMF Leader Praises Euro Deal, Urges Wider Action
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Friday welcomed a move by European countries to more closely link fiscal policies and urged others to do their part to help ease strains linked to the euro area debt (...)

09 - 12 - 2011
New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits drop
New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a nine-month low last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting a labor market recovery was gaining momentum. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 23,000 to a (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Police officer shot at Virginia Tech university
Virginia Tech university was in lockdownThursday after a police officer was shot in a parking lot on campus, the university said, according to dpa. There was also a "potential" second victim in the parking lot of the university's basketball (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Obama urges EU to resolve crisis
US President Barack Obama said Thursday that Europe must act to resolve its debt crisis as European Union leaders prepared to gather in Brussels for a key summit on the future of theeurozone. "We're going to do everything we can to push them in a (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Obama Says Considering All Options on Iran
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was considering all options on Iran . “No options off the table means I am considering all options,” Obama said at a White House news conference. “What I can say with respect to Iran, I (...)

08 - 12 - 2011
Mideast Quartet To Meet December 14
The United States and other members of the Middle East diplomatic Quartet will meet next week in another effort to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, officials in Washington said. The meeting of the Quartet-which also includes the United (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
U.S., CHINA To Discuss Myanmar After Hillary Clinton Trip
The United States and China next week will discuss developments in Myanmar, following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the ally of Beijing, a U.S. official said Tuesday. Derek Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy for Myanmar, will visit (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
Home Mortgage Applications Up By 12.8 Percent Last Week
Applications for home mortgages increased last week, an industry group said on Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
Wall Street Closing
U.S. stocks finished mixed Tuesday. In world markets, European stocks ended lower, with the declines led by the DAX in Germany falling 1.3 percent. Asian markets also ended lower, with the declines led by the Nikkei in Japan falling 1.4 (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
President Obama Welcomes Indonesia's Ratification Of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Indonesia's ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). In a statement released by the White House Press Office, Obama said that the U.S. welcomes the ratification, which “provides a (...)

07 - 12 - 2011
U.N. Chief Urges Cooperation Ensuring Peaceful Use of Biological Sciences
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged States Parties to the international convention on biological weapons to increase cooperation on the peaceful use of biological science and technology to ensure that the knowledge is used for the (...)

06 - 12 - 2011
President Obama Welcomes Indonesia's Ratification of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Indonesia's ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). In a statement released by the White House Press Office, President Obama said that the U.S. welcomes the ratification, which (...)

06 - 12 - 2011
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