Qatar To Supply Egypt With Up To 24 LNG Shipments This Year

DOHA/CAIRO, Jan 5 (NNN-QNA/MENA) – Qatar will supply up to 24 liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Egypt, in the summer of this year, under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed yesterday, state-owned petroleum company, QatarEnergy, said. In a statement, the company said, the MoU between QatarEnergy and Egypt’s Ministry…

Palestinian, Egyptian Officials Discussed 2nd Phase Of Gaza Ceasefire

CAIRO, Jan 5 (NNN-MENA) – A Palestinian delegation, led by Vice President, Hussein al-Sheikh, met with Egypt’s top intelligence and foreign affairs officials in Cairo, yesterday, to discuss the situation in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as, the implementation of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.…

Türkiye Ready To Facilitate Dialogue Between Yemen’s Factions: Erdogan

ANKARA, Jan 5 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, his country is ready to facilitate a dialogue between Yemen’s factions. During a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Erdogan expressed Türkiye’s readiness to contribute to efforts, to bring together the parties…

Egypt Repatriates Seven Smuggled Artefacts From U.S.

CAIRO, Jan 5 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s Foreign Ministry, announced yesterday that, it has recently recovered seven smuggled artefacts from the United States. In a statement, the ministry said, the recovered artefacts included a Ushabti statue, an amulet of the deity Set, a stone scarab, two stone human heads, a mummified…

5.2-Magnitude Quake Hits North-Eastern India – GFZ

DELHI, Jan 5 (NNN-PTI) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.2, jolted north-eastern India at 2247 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 26.43 degrees north latitude, and 92.45 degrees east longitude.–…

Pakistani PM Underscores Equal Opportunities For Visually Impaired

ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, yesterday, highlighted the government’s commitment to the rights of visually impaired persons and called for greater inclusion. In a message on World Braille Day, the prime minister praised the global impact of Louis Braille’s system, which has expanded access to…

Europe Urges Respect For Int’l Law Following U.S. Action In Venezuela

BRUSSELS, Jan 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – European leaders and governments expressed strong concern following the U.S. military action in Venezuela, stressing the need to respect international law and the UN Charter, while calling for de-escalation and dialogue. U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States had struck Venezuela and captured…

Trump Says U.S. Will “Run” Venezuela Following Capture Of Maduro

WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Donald Trump, said yesterday, the United States will “run” Venezuela after the U.S. military raided the country and captured Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who are being transported to New York. “We’re going to run the country until such time as…

Worker Dies In North-East Australian Mine Collapse

SYDNEY, Jan 4 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities found the body of a missing worker, after a coal mine collapsed, in the north-east Australian state of Queensland, on Friday afternoon. An emergency search and rescue operation was launched for a missing man, after the collapse at the underground mine, at the Curragh…

Australian PM Calls For Diplomacy To Prevent Escalation In Venezuela

CANBERRA, Jan 4 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said today that, his government is monitoring developments in Venezuela, calling for diplomacy to prevent escalation. In a post on social media site X this morning, hours after the U.S. military launched strikes on Venezuela, and reportedly captured President Nicolas…