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The Turkish and Egyptian governments are fierce rivals, since Ankara strongly supported Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood administration that was overthrown by a military coup in 2013.

During a historic signing ceremony at the White House, Donald Trump said he will roll back the tariffs only if the second phase of the trade deal is signed between the two economic giants.

The 'phase one' agreement to be signed on Wednesday will call a truce between US and China after nearly two years of trade conflict.

In recent years, Beijing has also been accused of seeking complete control over students and other Chinese living abroad, as well as influencing media and politicians in countries such as Australia and the US.

Three of the men were tertiary students and were also charged with illegal assembly on New Year's Day.

The ban was put in place in April 2017 due to entries that accused Turkey of having links to terrorist organisations.

Trump and his senior officials insist they do not seek “regime change” in a military sense. But they clearly would not mind the fall — of Iran’s theocratic government.

While air travel is global, and guided by streams of instantaneous electronic data, control over each country's airspace remains entirely local and subject to the pace of politics.

India had deployed its aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in the Arabian Sea at the time China and Pakistan were holding the nine-day mega naval exercise in the region, a move seen as New Delhi sending a clear signal to its two neighbours.

Bushfires have raged in Australia since September, claiming the lives of 28 people, destroying more than 2,500 homes and wiping out forests and farmland the size of Bulgaria.

Delta Flight 89 took off from Los Angeles en route to Shanghai on Tuesday and was forced to turn back due to engine trouble, a Delta spokesperson said.

Aboriginal leaders in South Australia state said extremely large herds of the non-native camels had been driven towards rural communities by drought and extreme heat, threatening scarce food and drinking water.

The US government is planning to permanently halt its civilian drone program after deciding that the risk of the drones being used by Beijing for spying was too high.

Francis is currently considering allowing it in remote locations, such as the Amazon, where communities seldom have Mass due to a lack of priests, and is expected to publish his decision in the coming weeks.

Steven Mnuchin said the first phase of the trade deal includes real enforcement provision. If they don't comply with the agreement, the president retains the authority to put on tariffs, both existing tariffs and additional tariffs, he added.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that those behind the downing of the Ukrainian airliner will be brought to justice.