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16 Teams Compete in ‘Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’ Women's Tournament in Riyadh

This year’s edition is the largest in the tournament’s history, featuring 16 teams. (SPA)
This year’s edition is the largest in the tournament’s history, featuring 16 teams. (SPA)
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16 Teams Compete in ‘Mobile Legends: Bang Bang’ Women's Tournament in Riyadh

This year’s edition is the largest in the tournament’s history, featuring 16 teams. (SPA)
This year’s edition is the largest in the tournament’s history, featuring 16 teams. (SPA)

The second week of the Esports World Cup 2025 kicked off in Riyadh on Tuesday featuring the “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” Women’s Invitational (MWI). The tournament is a key event on the competition’s calendar, bringing together top global mobile gaming stars for the second consecutive year, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

Since its release in 2016, “Mobile Legends: Bang Bang” has established itself as one of the world’s leading esports titles, thanks to its widely followed international and regional tournaments. With over 110 million monthly active users, it has become one of the most popular mobile multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games globally.

This year’s edition is the largest in the tournament’s history, featuring 16 teams compared to 12 last year, with qualifiers held across 57 regions worldwide, up from 46 regions in the previous edition.

The current edition features 16 teams representing 13 regions from around the world. The participating teams are Team Vitality, ONIC Pertiwi, Natus Vincere PH, Team Liquid, Natus Vincere MY, SFU Serendipity, Falcons Vega MENA, DreamMax Girls, Rising Rage, WAOW GG Esports, Virtus.pro FE, FUT Esports, Gaimin Gladiators, Twisted Minds Orchid, Tidal Legends Gaming, and Terror Queens.

The teams will compete for a total prize pool of $500,000, with an additional $50,000 awarded to the best player. The tournament also offers 3,350 points toward the Club Championship race in the Esports World Cup 2025.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt are prominently represented by Twisted Minds Orchid and Falcons Vega MENA, both aiming for their first title in the tournament and carrying the hopes of their supporters for a historic achievement.

Twisted Minds Orchid features Saudi players “Lyrx,” “Lunar,” and “Livin,” while Falcons Vega MENA competes with an all-Egyptian lineup of “Velvet,” “Sunlight,” “Yui,” “Names,” and “Fvvn.”

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Crown Prince Meets Delegation Honoring King Salman's Support for Holy Quran Memorization Associations

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Crown Prince received the gifts presented as part of the tribute on the occasion - SPA
On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Crown Prince received the gifts presented as part of the tribute on the occasion - SPA
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Crown Prince Meets Delegation Honoring King Salman's Support for Holy Quran Memorization Associations

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Crown Prince received the gifts presented as part of the tribute on the occasion - SPA
On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Crown Prince received the gifts presented as part of the tribute on the occasion - SPA

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met a delegation Tuesday evening honoring Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in recognition of his more than 60 years of support and patronage of Holy Quran memorization associations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Crown Prince received the gifts presented as part of the tribute on the occasion, SPA reported.

This tribute is in appreciation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ blessed record of caring for the Holy Quran and of directing efforts to spread its teaching and interpretation, instill its moral values, enable the teaching of Quranic sciences, and distribute translations of its meanings.

The Crown Prince expressed his thanks and appreciation to all nonprofit associations specializing in Holy Quran memorization in the Kingdom for their high-quality initiatives in serving the Holy Quran and their effective contributions to developing the nonprofit sector.

He praised their continued efforts and how they complement the wise leadership’s efforts to reinforce the Kingdom’s leading position in serving Islam and Muslims around the world.

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Red Sea Destination Announces Opening of Global Resort on Shura Island

The resort offers a comprehensive wellness retreat experience through 180 upscale rooms, suites, and villas - SPA
The resort offers a comprehensive wellness retreat experience through 180 upscale rooms, suites, and villas - SPA
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Red Sea Destination Announces Opening of Global Resort on Shura Island

The resort offers a comprehensive wellness retreat experience through 180 upscale rooms, suites, and villas - SPA
The resort offers a comprehensive wellness retreat experience through 180 upscale rooms, suites, and villas - SPA

Red Sea Global announced that Miraval The Red Sea will begin welcoming guests starting May 15. The launch marks the first international expansion of the luxury “Miraval” brand outside the United States, reinforcing the status of the Red Sea destination as a leading global tourism hub, especially after occupancy rates across the destination reached 82% during the final days of Ramadan, SPA reported.

The resort offers a comprehensive wellness retreat experience through 180 upscale rooms, suites, and villas.

CEO of Red Sea Global John Pagano stated that attracting a prestigious brand such as “Miraval” reflects the strong global confidence in the Kingdom’s tourism offerings.

He noted that the momentum witnessed by the destination has been clearly reflected in strong occupancy rates and early bookings for the Eid season.

Resort guests will enjoy a variety of activities and culinary experiences inspired by locally sourced ingredients.

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Czech Police Seek Thief who Stole Saint's Skull

Police officers patrol the Czech-Slovak green border near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Police officers patrol the Czech-Slovak green border near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
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Czech Police Seek Thief who Stole Saint's Skull

Police officers patrol the Czech-Slovak green border near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Police officers patrol the Czech-Slovak green border near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

An unidentified thief stole the skull of Czech saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a glass shrine in a northern Czech church, causing "incalculable" historic damage, police said late on Tuesday.

St Zdislava of Lemberk (estimated 1220-1252), a noblewoman known for her merciful and charitable deeds, was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1995.

The theft in the basilica of St Lawrence and St Zdislava in the northern town of Jablonne v Podjestedi was committed after 1600 GMT, said police spokeswoman Dagmar Sochorova.

"An unknown culprit broke a shrine in which the skull was stored and ran away from the site," AFP quoted her as saying.

Police published "low quality footage" depicting the culprit clad "probably" in black and wearing "probably" white shoes, and asked the public for help.

"The value of the stolen skull is currently being investigated. However, its historic value is obviously incalculable," Sochorova added.

Prague Archbishop Stanislav Pribyl, who also heads the Litomerice diocese in charge of the Jablonne church, said the news was "devastating".

Placed on an altar in a side chapel, the skull "was the subject of adoration for pilgrims travelling to Jablonne where Zdislava lived and worked more than 750 years ago," he said.

"I can't believe that someone commits a daylight robbery to steal from a church a relic whose value is above all historic," added Pribyl, who was named Prague archbishop in February.