Saudi FM discusses Syria's security and stability with Ahmed Al-Sharaa    Governor of NDF highlights development strategies at King Abdulaziz University panel    Trump shrugs off Elon Musk's criticism of AI announcement    Bank of Japan raises rates to highest in 17 years    Israel seeks to remain in Lebanon past Sunday withdrawal deadline    Firefighters make progress on Hughes fire as more fires erupt in Southern California    Trump says he will appeal federal judge's decision to temporarily block birthright order    China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus    Injured Djokovic booed off after quitting semi-final    Alkhorayef meets global executives at WEF to boost Saudi industrial growth    Saudi crown prince and US secretary of state discuss over phone ways to enhance cooperation    NMC: Most Saudi regions to witness rain of varying intensity until Monday    Why do athletes earn such high incomes?    1.4 billion people traveled internationally in 2024 as tourism returns to pre-pandemic highs    Julian Quinones' brace secures Al Qadsiah's 2-0 win over Al Orobah    Al Ittihad defeats Al Shabab 2-1 to stay in title race with Al Hilal    Tina Turner's lost Private Dancer song rediscovered    Comeback queens, blockbusters and Succession stars: The Oscar nominations previewed    Dangerous drug-resistant bacteria are spreading in Ukraine    France issues health warning as tons 'aphrodisiac honey' seized    Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan 'out of danger' after attack at home in Mumbai    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    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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Firefighters make progress on Hughes fire as more fires erupt in Southern California
The Hughes fire erupted late Wednesday morning and charred through more than 40 square kilometers of trees and brush near the Lake Castaic area in less than a day. The fire is located about 60 km away from the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, where (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Trump says he will appeal federal judge's decision to temporarily block birthright order
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's executive order redefining birthright citizenship, calling it "blatantly unconstitutional". The decision came during the first hearing in a multi-state effort challenging (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Trump shrugs off Elon Musk's criticism of AI announcement
President Donald Trump on Thursday shrugged off an ugly back-and-forth between tech CEOs Elon Musk and Sam Altman that pitted one of Trump's most visible lieutenants against a key participant in a massive $500 billion AI project Trump announced (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
China sentences man to death over attack on Japanese school bus
A Chinese man who attacked a Japanese mother and child with a knife and killed a Chinese woman who tried to protect them has been sentenced to death, according to the Japanese government. A Chinese court said that Zhou Jiasheng, 52, had carried out (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
US government workers told to report DEI efforts or face 'consequences'
The Trump administration emailed thousands of federal employees on Wednesday, ordering them to report any efforts to "disguise" diversity initiatives in their agencies or face "adverse consequences". The request came after President Donald Trump (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Afghan refugees feel 'betrayed' by Trump order blocking move to US
"It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC. He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a paratrooper for the US military. (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Trump orders plan for release of JFK and MLK assassination documents
US President Donald Trump has ordered officials to make plans to declassify documents related to three of the most consequential assassinations in US history -- the killings of John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, and Martin Luther King Jr. "A lot of (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Captain Cook statue vandalized ahead of Australia Day
Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend. It is the second time in 12 months that the statue in Sydney has been vandalized. Australia Day is (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Belarusian opposition denounces election as sham
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya refuses to call what's happening this weekend in Belarus an election. "It's a sham," the exiled opposition leader says. "This is a military-style operation; a performance staged by the regime to hold on to power." For three (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Russia suffering 'environmental catastrophe' after oil spill in Kerch Strait
Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank. Up to 5,000 tons of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Israeli military said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base but most of the dead were civilians
Julia Ramadan was terrified — the war between Israel and Hezbollah was escalating and she'd had a nightmare that her family home was being bombed. When she sent her brother a panicked voice note from her apartment in Beirut, he encouraged her to (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Injured Djokovic booed off after quitting semi-final
Novak Djokovic was booed off court by some Australian Open fans after retiring injured from his semi-final against Alexander Zverev. Djokovic, who was bidding for a record-extending 11th title, quit after losing the first set 7-6 (7-5) in 80 (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Bank of Japan raises rates to highest in 17 years
Japan's central bank has increased the cost of borrowing to its highest level in 17 years after consumer price rises accelerated in December. The move by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to raise its short-term policy rate to "around 0.5 percent" comes just (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Severe storm lashes parts of UK and Ireland, causing travel chaos
A rare "stay at home" warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos. Storm Eowyn, an extratropical "bomb" cyclone that (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Man jailed for 30 years for Charlie Hebdo meat cleaver attack
A man has been jailed for 30 years for attempting to murder two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2020. Zaheer Mahmood, 29, from Pakistan, attacked and badly wounded two employees of the Premieres Lignes (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
ZATCA thwarts smuggling of over 1.4 million Captagon pills at Jeddah Islamic Port
JEDDAH — The Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority (ZATCA) has foiled an attempt to smuggle 1,482,132 Captagon pills into the Kingdom through the Jeddah Islamic Port. ZATCA revealed that the pills were concealed within a consignment described as a (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Governor of NDF highlights development strategies at King Abdulaziz University panel
King Abdulaziz University hosted the Governor of the National Development Fund (NDF), Dr. Stephen Paul Groff, during a panel session at the "Academic Dialogue Table," organized by the Faculty of Economics and Administration. During the session, Dr. (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Saudi FM discusses Syria's security and stability with Ahmed Al-Sharaa
DAMASCUS — The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, received Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan at the People's Palace in Damascus on Thursday. At the start of the meeting, Prince Faisal conveyed the (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Saudi Arabia in talks to lift sanctions on Syria, says Foreign Minister
DAMASCUS — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has reaffirmed the Kingdom's readiness to support Syria's recovery, emphasizing the importance of expediting measures to lift sanctions against the country. Speaking at a press (...)

24 - 01 - 2025
Thousands evacuated as new fast-growing fire ignites near Los Angeles
A new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in Los Angeles County, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate a region already reeling from the most destructive fires in its history. The Hughes fire ignited about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los (...)

23 - 01 - 2025
Saudi Crown Prince announces $600bn investment plan to strengthen economic partnership with the US Mohammed bin Salman and Trump discuss ties, Middle East stability
RIYADH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a phone call on Thursday with President Donald J. Trump of the United States to discuss key areas of cooperation and mutual interests between the two nations. During the (...)

23 - 01 - 2025
Giant iceberg on crash course with island — penguins and seals in danger
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger. The iceberg is spinning northwards from Antarctica toward South Georgia, a rugged British territory and wildlife (...)

23 - 01 - 2025
Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumor
At least 13 people have been killed and five injured after they fled rumours of a fire on board their train in India, only to be hit by another train. Railway officials said the passengers got down from the Mumbai-bound train in western Maharashtra (...)

23 - 01 - 2025
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