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WAM Riyadh, December 7, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News)  – At least 23 people, including tourists, were killed after a fire broke out at a popular entertainment facility in India’s Goa state shortly after midnight in Arpora in North Goa, the state’s chief minister said on Sunday. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said most of the victims were members of the kitchen staff, in addition to three to four tourists. Authorities said the fire was caused by a gas cylinder explosion.

Firefighters gather next to bamboo scaffolding debris at the Wang Fuk Court housing complex after the deadly fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, December 1, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov HONG KONG, December 1, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News)  – Hong Kong authorities pressed ahead on Monday with searches of the remaining apartment towers destroyed by a massive fire that killed at least 146 people and displaced hundreds now living in temporary housing. Police have completed swe

WASHINGTON, November 30, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered “closed in its entirety,” as Reuters reported, without offering further details. The announcement caused concern in Caracas amid increased U.S. pressure on President Nicolas Maduro’s government. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VEN

A general view shows the damaged towers of Wang Fuk Court housing estate, where a major fire engulfed bamboo scaffolding across multiple blocks, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 27, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG, November 29, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Hong Kong fire authorities said they expect to conclude search and rescue operations on Friday after the city’s worst fire in nearly eight decades tore through a large apartment complex, killing at least 94 p

Firefighters work to extinguish flames as bamboo scaffolding burns across multiple buildings at Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, November 26. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG, November 27, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – A massive fire that has killed at least 55 people and left nearly 300 missing at a Hong Kong apartment complex may have been caused by a “grossly negligent” construction company using unsafe materials, police said on Thursday. The bl

📷 Cars drive past a billboard depicting Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his planned visit to Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir VATICAN CITY, November 26, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Pope Leo will depart on Thursday for his first trip outside Italy as head of the Catholic Church, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected to call for peace in the region and urge greater unity among long-divided Christian churches. The visit, taki

📷 DHAKA, November 21, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Bangladesh on Friday, according to the German Research Center for Geoscience (GFZ). The quake struck at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicentre was near the city of Narsingdi, around 40 km (25 miles) from the capital, Dhaka. Tremors were felt in the eastern Indian states bordering Bangladesh, including in Kolkata, but there were no immedi

📷SPA WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) participated in the Saudi–U.S. Investment Forum organized by the Ministry of Investment in Washington, D.C. RCU took part in a panel session titled “Innovation in Developing the Cities of the Future,” which addressed Saudi–U.S. cooperation in accelerating infrastructure projects and urban transformation. The session examined the role of innovation, advanced technologi

📷 Elon Musk attends a dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump for Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Tom Brenner Washington, November 19, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Elon Musk attended a White House dinner hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in honor of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on Tuesday.

📷 Palestinian police officers stand in the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, December 24, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne BRUSSELS, November 14, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – European Union foreign ministers will discuss a proposal next week for the bloc to lead a programme to train 3,000 Palestinian police officers from Gaza, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. The plan will be reviewed during the ministe

📷 Wreckage lies at the site of the Turkish C-130 military cargo plane crash near the Azerbaijani border, in Sighnaghi municipality, Georgia, November 11, 2025, in this still image taken from video. TV.IMEDI/Handout via REUTERS TBILISI, November 11, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – A Turkish C-130 military transport plane carrying at least 20 personnel crashed in eastern Georgia on Tuesday after taking off from Azerbaijan, officials said, as rescue teams raced to the site

📷 A person holds an umbrella while walking on a road, as Typhoon Fung-wong approaches in Taipei, Taiwan, November 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI, November 11, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 residents on Tuesday and issued a land warning as Typhoon Fung-wong approached its eastern coast, threatening to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds to mountainous areas already battered by previous storms. “Although Fung-wong has been downgraded

📷 Spain's King Felipe VI speaks during a Spain-China Business Forum in Chengdu, China, 11 November, 2025. ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES/Pool via REUTERS MADRID, November 11, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News)  – King Felipe VI  of Spain began a four-day state visit to China  on Tuesday, marking the first trip by a Spanish monarch to the country in 18 years, as Madrid pursues closer economic and diplomatic ties with Beijing amid increasingly strained relations with Washington. The v

📷SPA WASHINGTON, November 5 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – The United States has submitted a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his planned visit to the White House on Monday, according to a draft seen by Reuters. The proposed resolution also calls for lifting sanctions on Syria’s Interior Minister Anas Khattab. It is not yet clear when the Security Council will vote on the measure. For adoption, th

📷 Kim Kardashian travels on a boat, on the second day of the wedding festivities of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez, in Venice, Italy, June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane WASHINGTON, November 3 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – NASA moved to correct claims by American media personality Kim Kardashian after she publicly suggested that the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing may have been staged, resurrecting a decades-old conspiracy theory. In the latest

📷WAM Nassau, October 30 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Hurricane Melissa has reached the Bahamas, bringing destructive winds, torrential rainfall, and a dangerous storm surge, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm, now classified as a Category 1 hurricane, is moving rapidly toward the northeast with sustained winds of up to 150 kilometers per hour, forecasters said. Authorities in the Bahamas ordered evacuations across six islands, with about 1,500

📷 Thailand's Queen Sirikit waves to people during her arrival in Chinatown for Lunar New Year celebrations in Bangkok January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang Bangkok, October 25, 2025 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, an influential figure who combined royal grace with international style and served as a symbol of unity for decades, has died at the age of 93, the Royal Household Bureau announced on Saturday. The palace said Sirikit had been ho

📷SPA Paris, October 22 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News) – Minister of Culture and Governor of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Farhan, met with France’s Minister of Culture Rachida Dati during his official visit to the French Republic, the Royal Commission for AlUla announced on Wednesday. According to the commission, a section of the Centre Pompidou will be named in gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the museum’s reopening, wit

📷SPA London, October 16 (Saudi Arabia Breaking News)  – The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM)  organized an event titled “Saudi Day at LME Week”  as part of the London Metal Exchange (LME) Week 2025 , highlighting the Kingdom’s growing role as a global mining hub and its efforts to attract international investments across the entire minerals value chain, in line with Saudi Vision 2030 . In his opening remarks, Vice Minister for Mining Affairs Eng. Khalid Al-Mu

📷 Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference after addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly at...