Turkey to export 48 fighter jets to Indonesia, deal valued at 10 billion dollars
Turkey's defence sector, including the famous Bayraktar drones, accounts for a significant share of the country's export revenues.
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Australia reach World Cup as Palestinian dreams of a first appearance end
Australia qualified for next year's World Cup in North America while Oman ended Palestine's hopes of a first appearance at...
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Omicron hits Christmas weekend travel: Over 6,000 flights scrapped
More than 6,000 flights have been canceled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, a tracking...
- Pilots, flight attendants, and other employees have been calling in sick or having to quarantine after exposure to Covid-19
- A scramble to reroute pilots and planes and reassign employees was underway, but Omicron's surge has upended business
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Tunisia rescues 48 illegal migrants at sea
Tunisian coastguards have rescued 48 illegal migrants trying to reach Europe from neighboring Libya in a makeshift boat.
- The migrants —15 from Mali, 15 Syrians and four Egyptians — were intercepted and rescued off Zarzis when their boat broke down
- The rescued migrants were taken to El Ketef port before being transferred to International Organization for Migration premises
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Iran won’t enrich uranium beyond 60% if talks fail, says official
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran director Mohammad Eslami said the enrichment levels were related to the needs of the country.
- The 2015 nuclear deal offered Iran relief from sanctions in return for curbs on its nuclear program
- It was derailed in 2018 when the US unilaterally withdrew under then president Donald Trump
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James Webb telescope sets off to help map the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope was some three decades and billions of dollars in the making.
- Its mirror measures 6.5 meters in diameter — three times the size of the Hubble's mirror
- Its orbit will also be much farther than Hubble, which has been 600 kilometers above the Earth since 1990
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Tear gas fired on anti-coup rallies in Sudan
Sudan anti-coup protesters faced tear gas at a democracy rally while General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan defended October's military takeover.
- Safety forces dispersed the thousands of protesters with truncheons and firing tear gas canisters
- Activists condemns sexual assaults throughout these protests, with the UN stating that at least 13 women and girls were raped
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Iranian envoys get Saudi visas for diplomatic posts
Saudi Arabia has granted visas to Iranian diplomats as part of a routine procedure for representatives of a member state...
- Three diplomates from Iran receives Saudi visa for OIC posts in Jeddah
- Iran and Saudi Arabia held several rounds of talks since April to improve diplomatic relationships
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Residents in frustration and unease over Libya poll delay
The poll was meant to take place just over a year after a landmark east-west ceasefire. The delay will be...
- Libya’s electoral board has suggested pushing the vote back by a month to January 24
- However, given political animosity between different stakeholders, agreeing a new date may not be easy
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Canada climate crisis impacts agricultural production and supply chains
Flood devastation, heavy rainfall, and Drought in Canada cause severe damage to the food supply chain and agricultural production.
- Japan's McDonald has been forced to ration fries as the British Columbia floods jam potato imports
- Canada's westward supply links are very, very vulnerable and not resilient enough to climate change
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McDonald’s Japan rations fries
It will sell only small-sized French fries for a week.
- McDonald’s said it is limiting fries’ sale in Japan to ensure that customers can still order them
- This, even though the ‘stable procurement of resource materials’ is proving difficult
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NASA telescope to launch a million-mile voyage.
The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket...
- The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana
- The launch, scheduled in a brief window after 9:20 am (1220 GMT), will send the telescope on a month-long journey to its remote orbit
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US, Egypt, Qatar and Israel officials in Paris talks for Gaza ceasefire
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Turkey earthquake survivors seek justice one year on
The disaster, which killed more than 50,000 people in all, was Turkey's deadliest in many centuries. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
- More than 200 contractors and developers were arrested in the immediate aftermath of the quake, some tried to flee abroad and were detained at Istanbul airports
- But lawyers representing victims' families fear that numerous contractors may escape blame because much of incriminating evidence disappeared when bulldozers cleared the debris
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Trump stokes opposition to Biden border plan
With immigration one of the hottest electoral issues in what increasingly looks like a Trump-Biden rematch for the White House,...
- Joe Biden threw his weight behind the proposed bill on Saturday
- Donald Trump has instead continued to castigate Biden over "open borders"
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Iran puts three satellites simultaneously into orbit
Western governments including the United States have repeatedly warned Iran against such launches, saying the same technology can be used...
- The Mahda satellite, which weighs around 32 kilograms and was developed by Iran's Space Agency, is designed to test advanced satellite subsystems
- The other two, Kayhan 2 and Hatef, weigh under 10 kilograms each and are aimed to test space-based positioning technology and narrowband communication