Daily Archives: 19 January، 2025

The impeached South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol detained

Muhamad Yehia A convoy carrying South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Wednesday arrived at a detention center in Seoul having left the headquarters of the country’s Corruption Investigation Office. Yoon was detained in a major law enforcement operation at the presidential compound earlier Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti-corruption …

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At least 70 die in explosion in Nigeria while collecting fuel from overturned tanker

Muhamad Yehia At least 70 people have died in north-central Nigeria after a gasoline tanker exploded after crashing in the early hours of Saturday morning, the country’s emergency response agency said. Nearly all the victims were locals who had rushed to collect the fuel that spilled when the tanker overturned. …

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Muhamad Yehia The UN Support Mission in Libya says it is alarmed by what it called ‘‘disturbing footage circulating on social media”, believed to show the torture of detainees at the Gernada prison in eastern Libya. The facility is run by military personnel under Khalifa Haftar; Haftar supports the country’s …

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Russia and Iran have a troubled history despite their current alliance

Muhamad Yehia MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Friday for the signing of a broad pact between Moscow and Tehran. The Kremlin says the “comprehensive strategic partnership” agreement between Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will take their cooperation to a new level. What to know about …

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Russia to build more nuclear reactors in Iran

Muhamad Yehia MOSCOW (AP) — Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations. The deal comes less than two weeks ahead of the Nov. 24 deadline for …

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Suspected outbreak of deadly Marburg disease has Tanzanians on edge

Muhamad Yehia A suspected outbreak of the deadly Marburg disease in northwestern Tanzania has the country and its neighbours on edge. At least nine possible cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported since the weekend, of which eight of those infected have died. Residents in the remote region are …

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Nigeria becomes the ninth BRICS partner country

Muhamad Yehia Brazil’s government said on Friday that Nigeria has been accepted as a partner country in the multinational BRICS group. This adds Africa’s largest economy to the growing alliance of emerging market countries. Brazil, which currently holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, described Nigeria as having converging interests …

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