However, the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching. Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef has shown the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, the Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS) has reported. *) Parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef show record coral cover in 36 years The fire at the Mountain B nightclub, about 180 kilometres southeast of the capital Bangkok, started at about 0100 local time, police said. The cause of the fire is unknown and all victims so far have been identified as Thai nationals, police said on Friday. *) Deadly nightclub fire in Thailand leaves multiple casualtiesĪt least 13 people have been killed and 35 injured when a fire broke out at a nightclub in an eastern province of Thailand. In the Iran capital, they also took part in a trilateral gathering with their Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi. It will be their second in-person meeting in 17 days, after their talks in Tehran. They are also expected to discuss Syria and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. They will evaluate bilateral ties, mainly focusing on economy, trade and energy on Friday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Russia's coastal city of Sochi to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. *) Erdogan set to visit Russia for talks with Putin on Syria, Ukraine All of them will be monitored by the Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul. The third Türkiye-flagged ship was sailing to the Karasu port in northwestern Türkiye with 12,000 tonnes of grain. The second, a Malta-flagged sip, left with 13,000 tonnes of grain for the UK. The first of them, a Panama-flagged ship, departed for Ireland with 33,000 tonnes of grain on Friday. Three more ships carrying grain and food items have set out from Ukrainian ports under a recent landmark deal, according to Türkiye’s National Defence Ministry. *) Three more ships carrying grain leave Ukrainian ports under landmark deal Taiwan says Beijing's fighter jets and ships have crossed the median line that runs down the Taiwan Strait, calling China "the evil neighbour next door". *) China announces sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan visit: Foreign ministryĬhina has announced unspecified sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her visit earlier this week to Taiwan.Ĭhina is holding huge military drills involving live firing on the waters and in the airspace near Taiwan, which Beijing considers as its own territory, to protest the visit.