2015

AFPThe new "Star Wars" has become the fastest movie to pass the $1 billion mark in global box office sales, Disney said Sunday, as fans of the space epic pack theaters around the world.Twelve days after it first hit screens,…

Middle East EyeAs 2015, the warmest year on record, draws to an end, and the commentators are debating the outcome of this month's climate change summit in Paris COP21, Morocco is already readying to launch a very…

Libyan NewsThe United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, expressed his deep concern on the circulating reports of civilian casualties in the city of Ajdabya - as a result of airstrikes by Pro-Hiftar…

Libyan NewsDernah's Shura Council released a statement yesterday explaining how they managed to brought and protected equipment  in preparation for launching the 'Passports Department' to allow the residents to register and receive…

Hurriyet Daily NewsThe German military is preparing to send more troops who will operate early-warning defense planes to support NATO ally Turkey in order to contribute to the protection of the country’s airspace from possible…

ReutersKurdish groups meeting in southeastern Turkey called for self-rule on Sunday amid heavy fighting in the region as the army pushed ahead with a security operation in which it says more than 200 Kurdish militants have been…

Libyan NewsA member of the Tobruk-based parliament said that they are planing to hold a session on Monday to discuss several key topics.He added that there's a possibility of holding a voting session on the proposed Government…

World BankWater and energy are interlinked. Significant amounts of water are needed in almost all energy generation processes, from generating hydropower, to cooling and other purposes in thermal power plants, to extracting and…

Russia Today (RT)Libya does not need any foreign intervention to cope with threats to its security, including terrorism. It just needs better weapons, as well as some help “in training and planning,” the country’s Foreign…

Libya NewsThe Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abd El-Gader Msahell, welcomed the United Nations Security Council resolution, which has recognized the newly formed Government of National Accord.Mesahel called upon…

Libyan NewsAhmed Meiteg, the proposed Deputy Prime Minister for the Government of National Accord, said during a phone interview with 'Libyan News' that the newly formed government is trying to avoid unwanted tensions with the two…

Malta IndependentAlleanza Bidla’s Ivan Grech Mintoff has called on the Maltese government to officially recognise the sterling work carried out for the fourth time by the Libyan Al-Radda Deterrence Force.“Members of the…

Libya NewsThe chairman of Justice and Construction party in Libya, Mohamed Sawan, said the UN-brokered agreement signed in Skhirat has many guarantees to all sides."Even if it does not achieve all the objectives of each side,…

Libya NewsA military unit affiliated with Italian navy intercepted a Libyan oil tanker in the international water on Sunday.A well-informed Libyan source said that a helicopter deployed small group of Italian soldiers."They…

BBC News Iraqi forces have entered a former government compound in Ramadi, from where Islamic State (IS) group militants have been resisting an army offensive, sources have told the BBC. The source said troops had entered one building…

BBC It was another busy year for journalists debunking fake or misleading images on social media. In 2015, many pictures and videos went viral, some for all the wrong reasons.There were deliberate fakes created to deceive the…

ReutersRussian air forces have not hit civilian targets since they started a bombing campaign in Syria nearly three months ago, a senior Russian officer said in an interview with Rossiya 24 television.London-based…

Libyan NewsKhalifa Haftar’s forces rejected the accusations raised by Al-Ghaithy tribe saying that they had kidnapped Al-Seddeek Al-Mabrouk Al-Ghaithy, the ex-Deputy Minister of Justice in Al-Kaib government and the…

NBC NEWSBEIJING — The head of a Chinese firm that is building the world's biggest animal cloning factory has vowed not to use the technology on people — for now, at least.Biotech company Boyalife Group's $30 million…

NBC NEWSISIS ushered in 2015 with the terrifyingly typical displays of brutality which initially put the group in the international community's crosshairs. They beheaded Japanese hostages, burned a Jordanian pilot alive in…