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Rescue efforts ongoing for victims reportedly missing after Jakarta shopping mall fire leaves 6 dead

Date: 2025-01-17 08:58:29 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:13 - ID:11030228

JAKARTA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Rescue operations are ongoing for victims of a massive fire at a Jakarta shopping mall, as the death toll rises to six, according to local media on Friday, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. The fire broke out at one of ....

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 14 years in jail in corruption case

Date: 2025-01-17 08:55:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:11030224

ISLAMABAD, Jan 17 (MENA) - Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, Sky news quoted his defense lawyer as saying. The verdict in the case followed allegations of possible ....

Hurghada Port closed due to severe weather

Date: 2025-01-17 08:51:21 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:11 - ID:11030222

HURGHADA, Egypt, Jan 17 (MENA) - Hurghada Port was closed on Friday due to bad weather conditions, the Red Sea Ports Authority said. The closure was prompted by high 3-4 meter waves and strong 20-25 mph winds, the Authority said in a ....

Egyptian, Iranian FMs discuss conditions in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-17 08:44:25 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:10 - ID:11030181

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty received on Friday a phone call from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss the conditions in the Gaza Strip. During the telephone ....

Egyptian, Italian FMs discuss over phone hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza

Date: 2025-01-17 08:02:39 GMT - Egypt - Politics and Diplomacy - SN:9 - ID:11030169

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty received on Friday a phone call from Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to discuss the ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip and the release of ....

US, Norway sign technology safeguards agreement

Date: 2025-01-17 07:48:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:11030155

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (MENA) – The United States and Norway signed the Agreement on Technology Safeguards Associated with US Participation in Space Launches from Norway, or the US-Norway Technology Safeguards Agreement, the US State Department ....

The New York Times: Biden, Trump defy their history of animosity to seal Gaza Ceasefire

Date: 2025-01-17 07:48:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11030163

NEW YORK, Jan 17 (MENA) - The long-sought, tortuously negotiated Gaza cease-fire deal announced on Wednesday came about in part through a remarkable collaboration between US President Biden and President-elect Donald J. Trump, who temporarily put ....

Japan marks 30th anniv. of Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake

Date: 2025-01-17 07:32:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:11030154

TOKYO, Jan 17 (MENA) - People in Japan are marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people, NHK reported Friday. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck before dawn on January 17th, ....

French president arrives in Beirut on official visit

Date: 2025-01-17 07:29:01 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:11030136

PARIS, Jan 17 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arrived in Beirut on Friday for a one-day official visit, LBCI Lebanon reported. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the French ambassador ....

Xi's special representative Han Zheng to attend Trump's inauguration

Date: 2025-01-17 07:27:19 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:11030147

BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - At the invitation of the US side, President Xi Jinping's special representative, Vice President Han Zheng will attend the inauguration ceremony of US President Donald Trump on January 20 in Washington, Xinhua quoted a ....