'As for whether this can happen again, it absolutely can and very likely will.'

The leaders are expected to sign agreements on artificial intelligence, transport, energy and investment in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egyptian media reported

Balladur, who was born in Turkey, served as President Francois Mitterrand's last prime minister from March 1993 to May 1995, carrying out several major privatisations of state companies, and unsuccessfully ran for the top job in 1995

Passengers scrambled to don life jackets onboard a high-speed passenger ferry as it was sinking off the northern coast of Cyprus.

More than 30 British nationals are among those unaccounted for following the natural disaster in the Rasuwa district, which borders China's Tibet autonomous region.

More than 800 people are still missing.