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Second National Gathering for Creativity kicked off in Tripoli

Dec 25, 2016

On Saturday, the Second National Gathering for Creativity was kicked off at the Royal Palace of Tripoli under the logo of (Culture Gathers Us).The gathering saw the participation of a number of art pundits, literature professors and…

IS suicide attack kills fighter from Libyan forces in Sirte

Dec 25, 2016

IS militants carry a suicide attack in Sirte southern suburbs and kill one of the Misurata-led fighters.Media sources said after the IS attackers killed the Libyan Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous fighter, they were killed on the spot.…

Earthquake magnitude 7.7 hits Chile, triggers tsunami warning

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off the coast of Chile has prompted a tsunami warning.The quake struck about 225km (140 miles) south-west of Puerto Montt in southern Chile at 14:22 GMT, the United States…

North Pole temperatures go in record-breaking heatwave

Dec 25, 2016

Temperatures at the North Pole could be up to 20 degrees higher than average this Christmas Eve, in what scientists say is a record-breaking heatwave, the BBC wrote.Climate scientists say these unseasonably warm weather patterns in…

Queen Elizabeth misses Christmas Day church errand

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - The Queen has not attended church on Christmas Day because she is still suffering from a heavy cold.Buckingham Palace said she was staying indoors to help her recover but added that she would still participate in the family's…

Van Gogh’s Wikipedea page is the most-edited one in 2016

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - The most-edited Wikipedia pages of the year have been revealed and the top 20 includes "Deaths in 2016", "Vincent Van Gogh" and "Donald Trump".Other pages related to the US election were also in the list, according to the…

Residents of southern German town evacuated over finding of WWII bomb

Dec 25, 2016

BBC - More than 50,000 residents from the southern German city of Augsburg are being evacuated from their homes so that an operation to defuse a World War Two bomb can get under way on Sunday.It is the country's biggest evacuation…

Libyan Wings airliner launches new Misurata-Carthage flights

Dec 25, 2016

The Libyan Tripoli-based Libyan Wings airliner said Sunday it had launched a new flights route from Misurata Airport to Carthage Airport in Tunisia.The route will see two flights a week; on Mondays and Thursdays starting January 05,…

Russian military aircraft crashes into Black Sea, 92 people onboard died

Dec 25, 2016

A Russian military plane with 92 people on board has crashed into the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry says.The plane disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from the resort of Sochi at 05:25 (02:25 GMT). Debris and…

Effective Ebola vaccine available by 2018, WHO says

Dec 24, 2016

BBC - A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health Organization.Trials conducted in Guinea, one of the West African countries most affected by an outbreak of…

Special Deterrence Force frees abducted Syrian boy, arrests kidnap gang

Dec 24, 2016

The Tripoli-based Special Deterrence Force (SDF) revealed Saturday that it had earlier freed a Syrian boy from his kidnappers, adding that the culprits were arrested and identified."We arrested four kidnappers; Abu Bakir Al-Gadiri,…

Syria: Explosion rocks eastern Aleppo neighbourhood as regime forces comb through area

Dec 24, 2016

ABC - Syrian state TV says an explosion rocked eastern Aleppo as some residents were returning to their homes after the government assumed full control of the city earlier this week.It says the explosion on Saturday was caused by a…

US delivers big blow to Israel as it abstains from vetoing end-of-settlements resolution

Dec 24, 2016

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a UN call to end settlement activity on occupied land is "shameful".He stressed that Israel would not abide by Friday's vote at the 15-member UN Security Council.Palestinian…

Hijacked Afriqiyah Airways plane returns to Tripoli

Dec 24, 2016

The hijacked Afriqiyah Airways plane with the 111 passengers involved in the air hijack in Malta yesterday returned to Tripoli early this morning.The passengers left Malta around 4am Saturday on board an Afriqiyah Airways airline…

After Berlin lorry attacker Anis was shot in Milan, his nephew arrested in Tunisia

Dec 24, 2016

Tunisian security forces have arrested the nephew of the Berlin market attacker Anis Amri and two other suspects, officials say.The Tunisian interior ministry said the three, aged between 18 and 27, were members of a "terrorist…

Screams of Tom Cruise from The Mummy film become ringtones

Dec 24, 2016

BBC - Tom Cruise's screams in the latest remake of The Mummy have been captured as a ringtone.Universal Pictures' trailer made for screening in IMAX cinemas omitted one crucial detail - the sound effects.The clip was uploaded…

Al-Sweihli beats Al-Etihad Misurata in the city’s volleyball derby

Dec 24, 2016

The volleyball derby of Misurata took place Saturday evening in Misurata between Al-Sweihli and Al-Etihad Misurata as part of Libya's Volleyball Tournament.Al-Sweihli beat Al-Etihad 3-1 in the match that saw huge number of…

Sharara oil field output reaches 63 thousand bod, NOC confirms

Dec 24, 2016

The Chairperson of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah confirmed Friday that the production of the newly reopened Sharara oil field in western Libya reached 63.000 barrels per day (bpd)."We have not been able to…

Human Rights Watch urges Libya to provide medical care for civilians fleeing Sirte

Dec 24, 2016

Libyan authorities should ensure the safety of and urgently provide medical care for more than 120 women and children being held in a Misrata prison after recently fleeing fighting in Sirte, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.The…

Two hijackers of Afriqiyah Airways plane surrender in Malta

Dec 23, 2016

The two Libyan nationals who hijacked an Afriqiyah plane en route to Malta have surrendered to the Maltese security, officials said.The two hijackers have been identified as Ahmed Ali and Musa Shaha, who asked for asylum in Malta…

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