Georgia's new parliament opens first session amid mass protests and boycott    Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza    Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base    Judge dismisses special counsel's election case against Trump    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    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    Franchise registrations in Saudi Arabia surge 866% over 3 years    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    Culture minister tours Saudi pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka    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    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?    Riyadh Emir inaugurates International Conference on Conjoined Twins in Riyadh    Saudi Arabia to host 28th Annual World Investment Conference in Riyadh    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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Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies
Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, known for best-selling novels including A Woman of Substance, has died at the age of 91. Published in 1979, A Woman of Substance sold 30 million copies and spawned seven sequels and a TV adaptation, which is still the (...)

26 - 11 - 2024
Georgia's new parliament opens first session amid mass protests and boycott
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the newly elected Georgian parliament on Monday as it opened its inaugural session, accusing the ruling party of rigging the vote under Russian influence. Opposition lawmakers and the country's ceremonial (...)

26 - 11 - 2024
Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza
Amid severe food shortages in Gaza, increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs are now the main obstacle to distributing supplies in the south, aid workers and locals say. They allege that armed men operate within plain sight of the Israel (...)

26 - 11 - 2024
Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base
On the day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Anton says the nuclear weapons base he was serving at was put on full combat alert. "Before that, we had only exercises. But on the day the war started, the weapons were fully (...)

26 - 11 - 2024
Judge dismisses special counsel's election case against Trump
A federal judge has dismissed a major case against Donald Trump that alleged he illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election. Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who brought the criminal case against Trump, had asked to have the charges dropped, (...)

26 - 11 - 2024
Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires
Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, has retired from the sport The 30-year-old won six gold medals in a haul of 14 won across three Olympic Games. "I am officially retiring from competitive swimming," she wrote on (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Irish PM apologizes for walking away from care worker
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris has apologized to a disability care worker he walked away from when she tried to ask him about low pay in her job sector. Charlotte Fallon stopped Harris in County Cork on Friday to ask him a question (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam
Chioma is adamant that Hope, the baby boy she is holding in her arms, is her son. After eight years of failed attempts to conceive, she sees him as her miracle baby. "I'm the owner of my baby," she says defiantly. She's sitting next to her husband, (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Several dead as Storm Bert wreaks havoc across Britain
At least five people have died as Storm Bert swept across the United Kingdom, causing power outages and widespread train and flight cancelations. Dramatic footage that emerged over the weekend showed rivers in Wales, one of the hardest hit areas, (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Inferno destroys thousands of shanties in Manila's biggest slum area
A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
British man captured while fighting with Ukraine
In a video circulating online, a man dressed in military clothing identifies himself as James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, and says he formerly served in the British Army. Russian state news agency Tass quotes a military source saying that what they (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Far-right candidate takes shock lead in Romania presidential election
A far-right, pro-Russia candidate has taken a surprise lead in the first round of Romania's presidential election, with preliminary results putting his pro-Europe rival in close second. With 96% of votes counted, ultranationalist Calin Georgescu was (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Ireland hardens illegal immigration response
The three Gardai – Irish police officers – walk down the rows of passengers on the bus, a few kilometers south of the border with Northern Ireland. Observing this is the head of the Garda National Immigration Bureau, Det Ch Supt Aidan Minnock. "If (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Georgian protesters rally in Tbilisi ahead of first session of newly-elected parliament
The round-the-clock protests in Tbilisi follow the 26 October elections that kept the governing pro-Russian Georgian Dream party in power. Opponents say the vote was rigged and suspect neighboring Russia of election interference. Thousands of people (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Swiss voters say no to bigger motorways and easier evictions in referendum
Swiss voters took to the polls on Sunday to vote no to bigger motorways, no to easier evictions and tighter subletting rules and yes to a new healthcare financing model. The Swiss government's proposal to allocate €5.3 million for expanding (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Borrell meets UNIFIL chief in Beirut, says peacekeepers have 'strong support' of EU
The EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell has said UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon have the "strong support" of the bloc after meeting their commander in Beirut. Borrell held talks with UNFIL's Head of Mission and Force Commander (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah is 'very close,' as Lebanon death toll climbs
A ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is "very close," a regional source told CNN on Sunday, even as an uptick in Israeli attacks saw the death toll in Lebanon since mid-September pass a grim milestone. More than (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Hezbollah fires rocket barrages into Israel after deadly Beirut strikes
Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Angela Merkel on Putin, Trump and defending her legacy
The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was once described as the world's most powerful woman. Here she talks to the BBC's Katya Adler about Ukraine, Vladimir Putin's nuclear threat -- and how she handled Donald Trump. Angela Merkel led Germany (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Cargo plane crashes near Vilnius Airport, killing crew member
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday. The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Four dead in violence over mosque survey in Indian city
The northern Indian city of Sambhal is on alert after four people died and dozens were injured in violent clashes over a centuries-old mosque on Sunday. Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of the Shahi (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Al-Falih: 1,238 foreign investors obtain premium residency in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih said that the number of foreign investors, who have obtained the premium residency in Saudi Arabia in less than a year after its launch, reached 1,238. Addressing the World Investment Conference (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
Do cigarettes belong in a museum?
Museums are home to ancient artefacts and relics of bygone eras. Cigarettes belong there, but current policies to reduce smoking prevalence are not working fast enough and may be prolonging the problem. Traditional measures to end smoking focus on (...)

25 - 11 - 2024
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