US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to halt hush-money case sentencing    Al-Jasser inaugurates phased operation of Terminal 1 at Riyadh airport    NCM forecasts rainfall in most Saudi regions until Sunday    SFDA warns of potential risks associated with high doses of Ginseng    King Salman and Crown Prince congratulate new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun    Energy minister: Saudi Arabia is keen on enhancing energy cooperation with Greece    Minimum 30-day validity of Iqama is required to issue final exit visa    GASTAT: Industrial Production Index rises by 3.4% in November 2024    Al-Qaryan Group begins 125,000 m2 decommissioning project for Ibn Rushd in Yanbu    Oscar nominations postponed because of LA fires    Stories of heroism emerge as Los Angeles infernos rage    Elon Musk's interference in national debates angers Europe's leaders    Ukraine says it attacked fuel depot serving Russian strategic bombers' air base    Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 to witness first-ever display of full kiswah of Kaaba outside Makkah city    Oman aims for metro project by 2032, minister says    Rajković shines as Al-Ittihad edge Al-Hilal in dramatic King's Cup quarter-final    Al-Qadsiah secures spot in King's Cup semi-finals with dominant win over Al-Taawoun    Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao arrive in Jeddah ahead of Spanish Super Cup semi-final    Saudi Arabia announces dates and venues for AFC Asian Cup 2027    Demi Moore continues comeback with Golden Globe win    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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US Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to halt hush-money case sentencing
The US Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump's last-minute bid to halt his sentencing on Friday in the criminal hush-money case. Trump had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his (...)

10 - 01 - 2025
Oscar nominations postponed because of LA fires
The announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been delayed by two days because of the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. It had been scheduled for Friday 17 January, but the stars and films up for Academy Awards will now be (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Al-Qaryan Group begins 125,000 m2 decommissioning project for Ibn Rushd in Yanbu
Al Qaryan Group has started works of a mega project to dismantle and demolish production facilities at the Arabian Industrial Fibers Company (Ibn Rushd), a SABIC subsidiary. Al Qaryan Group is a Saudi closed joint-stock company specialized in (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Mexico's Sheinbaum mocks Trump over his 'Gulf of America' idea
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has mocked US President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to rename the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America" by suggesting that North America should be called "Mexican America". Sheinbaum's comments on Wednesday came (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Danish officials fear Trump is serious about acquiring Greenland
When President-elect Donald Trump mused about buying Greenland from Denmark during his first administration, the Danish prime minister called the idea "absurd" and rebuffed him outright. Now, Danish officials are being warned by Trump allies and (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Saudi Crown prince and Zelenskyy discuss Ukrainian-Russian crisis in phone call
RIYADH — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. During the call, they discussed relations between Saudi Arabia and Ukraine. They reviewed several (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Saudi Arabia rejects Israeli claims over map published by Israeli official accounts
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed Saudi Arabia's condemnation and rejection of the Israeli occupation's claims and false allegations regarding a map published by official accounts affiliated with it. The map inaccurately depicts (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
UK freezes assets of extreme-right group for alleged terrorism
The UK government has imposed a full asset freeze against the extreme-right group Blood and Honour, in its first use of a domestic sanctions regime against right-wing terrorism. In a statement released on Wednesday, PM Keir Starmer's government said (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Minimum 30-day validity of Iqama is required to issue final exit visa
RIYADH — The General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) emphasized that there must be a minimum validity period of 30 days for the residency permit (Iqama) of a foreign worker to get issued a final exit visa for the worker. The Jawazat urged the (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
GASTAT: Industrial Production Index rises by 3.4% in November 2024
RIYADH — There has been an increase of 3.4 percent in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) statistics for November 2024 compared to the same month of 2023, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). This increase is driven by (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, 'grave concerns' for second captive
The Israeli military said Wednesday it had recovered the body of a hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza. Yousef Al-Ziyadnah, 53, who was kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area, (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
EU will not allow attacks on its borders, France says after Trump's Greenland threat
The EU will not allow other countries to attack its sovereign borders, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday, after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out using military action to seize Greenland. Trump on Tuesday reiterated his (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Elon Musk's interference in national debates angers Europe's leaders
The feud between Europe and the world's wealthiest man is heating up after several European leaders accused Elon Musk of interfering in national debates. The French president, the German chancellor, and the British and Spanish prime ministers have (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Joe Biden says he could have defeated Donald Trump
US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did, however, add that he was unsure if he would have had the stamina for another (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Billy Crystal and Paris Hilton among celebrities to lose homes in wildfires
Paris Hilton and Billy Crystal are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Stories of heroism emerge as Los Angeles infernos rage
Acrid smoke shrouded the sky in Altadena, California, as Gail watched flames from the raging Eaton Fire swallow her next-door neighbor's house. Each ember carried by powerful gusts of wind could be the spark that ignites the home she has lived in (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar
An alleged leader from Japan's Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according to the US Department of Justice. During an (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Mozambique opposition leader returns from exile as police tear gas his supporters
Security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of supporters who gathered near the airport in Mozambique's capital to welcome the country's main opposition leader who returned home from exile on Thursday, the Associated Press reported. Venancio Mondlane (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Fear on the streets of Caracas as Maduro's inauguration looms
"If you need one word to describe Venezuela these days, it would be fearful." That's what one Latin American diplomat told CNN this week, reflecting on the strange atmosphere in the country. Venezuelans are bracing for yet another wave of repression (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Energy minister: Saudi Arabia is keen on enhancing energy cooperation with Greece
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that the electrical interconnection project between Saudi Arabia and Greece confirms the common desire between the two countries to enhance cooperation in the field of energy. "This (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
Lebanon elects Joseph Aoun as president, ending two-year political vacuum New leader calls for defense policy and dialogue with Syria
Lebanon's newly elected President Joseph Aoun has called for a comprehensive defense policy to counter Israeli assaults and for dialogue with neighboring Syria in his inaugural speech, signaling a new chapter for the country. Joseph Aoun, who (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
King Salman and Crown Prince congratulate new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman congratulated new Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. The King and the Crown Prince have sent cables to Joseph Aoun, congratulating him on his (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
NCM forecasts rainfall in most Saudi regions until Sunday
RIYADH — The National Center of Meteorology (NCM) has forecasted that most regions of Saudi Arabia will experience rain of varying intensities, ranging from light to moderate and heavy, starting from Friday, and continuing through Sunday, Jan. (...)

09 - 01 - 2025
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