Franchise registrations in Saudi Arabia surge 866% over 3 years    Lulu Saudi Arabia celebrates its 15th anniversary with the grand launch of 'Super Fest 2024'    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Culture minister tours Saudi pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Saud Abdulhamid makes history as first Saudi player in Serie A    Saudi Cabinet to hold special budget session on Tuesday    King Salman orders extension of Citizen's Account Program and additional support for a full year    Al-Falih: 1,238 foreign investors obtain premium residency in Saudi Arabia    Several dead as Storm Bert wreaks havoc across Britain    Irish PM apologizes for walking away from care worker    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    Hezbollah fires rocket barrages into Israel after deadly Beirut strikes    Ukraine losing ground in Russia's Kursk region, says military source    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    Saudi Arabia to host 28th Annual World Investment Conference in Riyadh    Riyadh Emir inaugurates International Conference on Conjoined Twins in Riyadh    Katy Perry v Katie Perry: Singer wins right to use name in Australia    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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Miss World crowned amid calls for peace in Ukraine
Poland's Karolina Bielawska was crowned the 70th Miss World on Wednesday, with contestants and organizers expressing solidarity with Ukrainians during an on-stage candle tribute at the televised finale. Bielawska, who works as a model and is (...)

17 - 03 - 2022
Hurricane Elsa races toward Haiti amid fears of landslides
Hurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida. The Category 1 storm was located about 395 miles (635 kilometers) east-southeast (...)

03 - 07 - 2021
Puerto Rico policeman fatally shoots 3 officers after fight
A Puerto Rico policeman fatally shot two high-ranking officers and a policewoman on Monday following an argument and hostage taking at work that temporarily shut down the station in the US territory's second largest city, authorities said. The (...)

30 - 12 - 2015
Miami beats Butler to win Puerto Rico Tipoff
Angel Rodriguez stood on the court, wearing both a big smile and the flag of his native Puerto Rico around his shoulders as he celebrated with Miami teammates. It had all ended perfectly, from the Hurricanes wrapping up an impressive three-game show (...)

24 - 11 - 2015
Puerto Rico allocates $2M to fight citrus disease
's governor has declared a state of emergency and ordered the release of $2 million to help agriculture officials fight a disease that has attacked citrus trees in the U.S. territory, AP reported. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said Tuesday that citrus (...)

27 - 08 - 2013
Chambers unimpressive in 100m
British sprinter Dwain Chambers finished an unimpressive sixth Saturday in his first 100m race since regaining Olympic eligibility. Chambers ran 10.52 seconds to finish four-tenths of a second behind winner Keston Bledman of Trinidad and Tobago in (...)

14 - 05 - 2012
Florida, Rodriguez nip New York
Hanley Ramirez hit a grand slam and Dan Uggla singled home the winning run in the ninth inning for his third RBI as Florida beat New York just hours after the Marlins announced Edwin Rodriguez will remain their manager. New York scored twice in the (...)

01 - 07 - 2010
Plastic soup seen in Atlantic ocean
Researchers are warning of a new blight on the ocean: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over thousands of square miles in a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. The floating garbage - hard to spot from the surface and spun (...)

16 - 04 - 2010
Gitmo Yemini commits suicide: US
A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an “apparent suicide,” US military officials announced Tuesday. The Joint Task Force that runs the US prison in Cuba said guards found 31-year-old Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not (...)

03 - 06 - 2009
Who's giving competition to Hubble?
As American astronauts overhauled the aging Hubble, European scientists launched an even larger space telescope toward a far-flung orbit, hoping to help answer two questions: How did the cosmos begin and are we alone in it? “We are seeking the (...)

17 - 05 - 2009
When frogs fly for their lives
Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world's largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. The dense forest of this tiny British Caribbean territory is the last remaining (...)

10 - 05 - 2009
A dive that fetched her a record
year-old British woman has set a new world record in freediving with a 314-foot (96-meter) ocean plunge on a single breath. Sara Campbell completed the dive in three minutes, 34 seconds in the Vertical Blue competition Thursday off Long Island in (...)

05 - 04 - 2009
Beauty queen's Gitmo ‘fun' blog banished
Miss Universe's blog posting about having fun at Guantanamo Bay has vanished from the pageant's Web site as embarrassed officials try to quash what they call a misunderstanding. A flurry of critical commentary and news stories over the Venezuelan (...)

03 - 04 - 2009
Miss Universe and Miss USA visit Guantanamo
Miss Universe and Miss USA have taken a firsthand look at the U.S. prison for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay. The beauty pageant winners took part in a VIP tour to entertain American military personnel at the prison in Cuba. Miss Universe (...)

01 - 04 - 2009
Bush official: Many at Gitmo innocent
Many detainees locked up at Guantanamo were innocent men swept up by US forces unable to distinguish enemies from noncombatants, a former Bush administration official said Thursday. “There are still innocent people there,” Lawrence B. Wilkerson, a (...)

20 - 03 - 2009
‘We are terrorists to the bone'
Five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks mock US authorities and proclaim themselves “terrorists to the bone” in a war crimes court filing released Tuesday. The five Guantanamo prisoners use the six-page document to justify the killing of nearly (...)

11 - 03 - 2009
Kin of Saudis who died at Gitmo sue Pentagon
Families of two Saudi detainees who committed suicide in June 2006 while being held at Guantanamo Bay have sued the Pentagon, alleging Thursday that torture and brutal conditions at the offshore prison led the men to their deaths. The New-York (...)

31 - 01 - 2009
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