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Oil-drilling vessel capsizes in Gulf of Suez, leaving four dead and four missing

At least four crew members have been confirmed dead and four others remain missing after an oil-drilling ship capsized on Tuesday evening off the coast of Ras Ghareb in Egypt’s Gulf of Suez. The vessel, which had 30 workers aboard, overturned near Gabel el-Zeit, a key oil production hub roughly 300 kilometres south of the […]

Egypt: Cairo meets US demands, cuts military ties with Pyongyang

Egyptian Defense minister on a visit to South Korea has told host officials that the North African country has severed military ties with North Korea, meeting therefore a demand by the United States as condition to unfreeze military aid. The announcement was confirmed to the public by the South Korean news agency Yonhap, which cited […]

Tunisia: Prime Minister Chahed forsakes French nationality ahead of Presidential elections

Tunisia’s Prime Minister and Presidential Hopeful Tuesday announced he has renounced his French nationality, less than one month before September 15 presidential elections.   “Like hundreds of thousands of Tunisians who lived and worked abroad, I had a second nationality that I have renounced before submitting my bid for the elections,” Youssef Chahed said in […]