New Round Of Iran-E3 Talks Scheduled For Mid-Jan

TEHRAN, Jan 2 (NNN-IRNA) – A new round of talks between Tehran and the E3 group of France, Britain and Germany, will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on Jan 13, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, yesterday, citing a senior Iranian diplomat. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International…

Egypt’s New Tax On Imported Phones Aims To Curb Smuggling: PM

CAIRO, Jan 2 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s new tax on mobile phones coming from abroad, aims to curb the widespread smuggling of mobile phones into the country, Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, said yesterday. “The number of devices entering the country through smuggling is too large,” Madbouly told a weekly news…

Egypt Breaks Record With 15.7 Million Tourists In 2024

CAIRO, Jan 2 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, said yesterday that, the country received a record high of 15.7 million tourists in 2024, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian cabinet. Calling the figure “promising,” Madbouly told a weekly news conference in Egypt’s new administrative capital, east…

Five Killed, 33 Injured In Tour Bus Crash In Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 2 (NNN-TNA) – Five people were killed and 33 others injured, after a tour bus lost control and crashed into trees, in southern Thailand late yesterday. The bus, with 38 people on board, was travelling back from the southern province of Yala, when the accident occurred, near an…

Yemen’s Houthis Downed Another U.S.-Made MQ-9 Drone

SANAA, Jan 2 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s HouthiS said, they shot down a U.S.-made MQ-9 drone, over central Yemen yesterday, making it the second MQ-9 drone the group downed within 72 hours. “We shot down an American MQ-9 aircraft, while it was carrying out hostile missions over Marib province,” Houthi military…

Iraq War WMD Intelligence Wrong: Former Australian PM

CANBERRA, Jan 1 (NNN-AAP) – Former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, admitted that, intelligence about weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that led to the Iraq War was wrong. Howard today said, it was disappointing that searches failed to detect WMDs in Iraq, but that he still believes the decision to…

Cambodia Seized 14.7 Tonnes Of Narcotics In 2024

PHNOM PENH, Jan 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia recorded a sharp increase in both the number of drug-related suspects arrested and the amount of narcotics seized last year, according to an Anti-Drug Department’s report released today. The authorities detained 26,033 drug-related suspects in 2024, up 30.5 percent from 19,940 in the…

Man Killed In Shooting In Seattle

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – A 29-year-old man was shot and killed, across the street from the Harvard Market, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighbourhood early yesterday. Police responded to sounds of gunfire shortly before 3.00 a.m., where they found the man with multiple gunshot wounds in his torso, police…

Hawaiian Airlines Flight Turned Back To Seattle After Smoke Entered Cockpit

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – A Hawaiian Airlines flight, headed towards Honolulu from Seattle, turned around shortly after takeoff on Monday, because the crew reported smoke in the cockpit of the Airbus A330, The Seattle Times reported yesterday, citing the Federal Aviation Administration. At around 1.00 p.m. Monday, Pacific…

One Year After OPEC Exit, Angola’s Oil Production Sees Modest Growth

LUANDA, Jan 1 (NNN-ANGOP) – Angola’s average daily oil production reached 1.134 million barrels, in the first three quarters of 2024, increasing by four percent compared to the same period of 2023, according to data from Angola’s National Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANPG). The rise follows Angola’s exit from…