CAIRO -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Saturday that his presidential term will end in 2030, according to the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper.
"The year 2030 will mark the end of my presidential term. This matter is completely settled," El-Sisi said during a televised graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy in the New Administrative Capital. (Egypt-President)
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LOS ANGELES -- Sixteen people have been rescued, while a search is underway for 11 others after a distress call reported that a vessel was taking on water about 140 miles (225 km) west of Ensenada, a coastal city in the Mexican state of Baja California on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Diego received the radio distress call at approximately 1 a.m. local time, the Coast Guard said in a statement. (US-Coast Guard -Rescue)
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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday sent a ritual offering to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine as its three-day autumn festival began, local media reported.
Takaichi sent a potted plant offering known as "masakaki" to the notorious shrine, a symbol of Japanese militarism and wartime aggression, under her title as prime minister, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-PM-Offering)
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TEHRAN -- The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) announced Saturday that a second "violating" supertanker had exploded in the Strait of Hormuz after hitting a naval mine, hours after a similar incident involving another tanker.
In a statement published on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News, the navy said the blast occurred on Saturday morning, causing a "huge" fire on the vessel, which was carrying over 2 million barrels of crude oil. (Iran-Hormuz Strait-Tanker Explosion) ■
