RIYADH -- Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Tuesday launched the National Industry Strategy that aims to turn the kingdom into a leading industrial power.

The strategy covers 12 sub-sectors, with more than 800 investment opportunities worth 1 trillion Saudi riyals (226 billion U.S. dollars), the Saudi Press Agency reported. (Saudi Arabia-Strategy-Industrial Power)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday confirmed the release of the Iranian crew members of the Venezuelan plane seized by Argentina in June.

"The Argentinean judge eventually ... issued an order for the release of the Iranian crew members and the removal of their exit ban," the ministry's spokesman Nasser Kanaani was quoted as saying on the ministry's website. (Iran-Argentina-Crew Members Release)

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GAZA -- The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Monday vowed to reach a prisoners' swap deal with Israel to release the Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails.

Hamas's pledge was made during a rally held before the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City to mark the sole prisoner swap deal reached between the movement and Israel 11 years ago. (Palestine-Israel-Prisoner Swap)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the European Union's fresh sanctions against a number of Iranian individuals and institutions, describing them as "interference" in the internal affairs of his country, said a ministry statement on Tuesday.

The Council of the European Union on Monday issued sanctions against 11 individuals and four entities in Iran over "their role in the death of Mahsa Amini," a 22-year-old Iranian woman. (Iran-EU-Sanctions)