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South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday that it will dispatch a delegation to Iran for the early release of a seized South Korean oil tanker and its sailors.
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South Korea to dispatch delegation to Iran for release of oil tanker, sailors

Iran Government spokesman said Tuesday that South Korea has taken as "hostage"…

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Xinhua
Iran said on Monday that the seizure of a South Korean oil tanker by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) earlier in the day is a "normal" procedure over a "technical matter."
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Iran says seizure of South Korean oil tanker “normal” procedure

The South Korean oil tanker was confiscated on the orders of the…

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Xinhua
Saudi Arabia and Qatar will reopen land, air and sea borders starting from Monday evening, Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said Monday.
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar to reopen land, air, sea borders: Kuwaiti FM

Saudi Arabia and Qatar will reopen land, air and sea borders starting…

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Xinhua
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile River raises tensions between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. Ethiopian Dam
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Sudan boycotts new round of Ethiopian Dam talks, calls for greater role to AU experts 

Khartoum insists on its steadfast stance to give a greater role to…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Saudi Arabia to host 41st GCC summit to discuss Qatar crisis
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Saudi Arabia to host 41st GCC summit to discuss Qatar crisis

Summit expected to attend mainly to relations with Iran, its nuclear programme

Sarah El-Sheikh
Sarah El-Sheikh
Egypt

Egypt condemns terrorist attack against Pakistan coal miners

Islamic State terrorist group claims its responsibility for attack

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
The Pentagon said late Sunday that US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz would remain in the Middle East waters due to "threats from Iran," reversing a previous decision to order the warship back home. Iranian.

US aircraft carrier to remain in Middle East amid Iranian threats: Pentagon

"Instead of fighting Covid in US, @realDonaldTrump & cohorts waste billions to…

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Xinhua
Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aaty participated, on Sunday, in a joint meeting regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia agree to hold 1-week of GERD negotiations

They also agreed that the new round of GERD talks will be…

Sami Hegazi
Sami Hegazi
On the first anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by a drone strike in Iraq, tensions between the US and Israel on the one hand, and Iran on the other, are rising.
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US/Israel-Iran tensions rise on anniversary of top Iranian general’s assassination

Washington blames Iran-backed militia for regular rocket attacks on US facilities in…

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Hundreds of people have been displaced in central Zambia's Mumbwa district following the collapsing of Kandesha dam due to heavy rains experienced in recent days,
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Hundreds of people displaced in central Zambia as dam collapses

Kandesha dam in in central Zambia collapsed due to heavy rains and…

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Xinhua