CAIRO -- A total of 17 people, including tourists and Egyptian crew members, were missing after their safari boat sank off the northern area of Marsa Alam city at the Red Sea, the Egyptian Red Sea Province said on its official Facebook page on Monday.

The boat initially carried 45 people, including 31 tourists and 14 crew members. (Egypt-Accident-Casualties)

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BUCHAREST -- Independent candidate Calin Georgescu and Elena Lasconi, leader of the Save Romania Union, will face off in the second round of Romania's 2024 presidential election on Dec. 8, according to near-complete results from the Permanent Electoral Authority.

Georgescu leads with 22.95 percent of the vote, while Lasconi narrowly secured second place with 19.17 percent, edging out Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party leader Marcel Ciolacu by 2,130 votes. (Romania-Election-Result)

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ANKARA -- Turkish authorities apprehended 1,298 immigrants and 43 smugglers, seven of whom were foreign nationals, during a nationwide operation, Türkiye's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Monday.

In a statement on social media platform X, Yerlikaya said deportation procedures for the detained immigrants are underway. (Türkiye-Immigrants)

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JOHANNESBURG -- The South African Police Service (SAPS) on Monday announced the arrest of 14 illegal miners who emerged from an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, North West province, after weeks underground in a standoff with police.

According to National Police Spokesperson Athlenda Mathe, the arrested illegal miners, all from Mozambique with a 14-year-old boy among them, came to the ground Sunday morning. (South Africa-Miners-Arrest) Enditem

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