2021

The Libyan Public Prosecution ordered pre-trial detention of the Minister of Culture, Mabrouka Tougi, over accusations of corruption in administration and finance transactions. The Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that…

The National Center for Disease Control has confirmed the country's first two cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. In a statement Wednesday, the NCDC called on citizens to get vaccinated, avoid gatherings, and wear masks to…

The Libyan Interior Minister, Khalid Mazen, discussed Tuesday with the members of 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC), including Ahmed Abu Shahma, the latest developments of the security arrangements of the coastal road. The Interior…

The Maltese Foreign Minister, Evarist Bartolo, urged for the change of immigration policies and dealing with Libya away from the colonial mentality, calling for sitting with Libyan officials to discuss the issue. Bartolo added in an…

Over 2,000 more internally displaced people have arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu in the last two days fleeing from the deadly drought battering the Horn of Africa country, the UN humanitarian cooperation agency said Wednesday.…

Britain reported 183,037 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, setting a new record for daily infections.The new additions brought the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to over 12.5 million, while the death toll rose…

Parliament spokesman Abdullah Blehaq said that the House of Representatives (HoR) would declare in the coming session that the UK ambassador to Libya is a persona non grata and will assign the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to communicate…

Tax authorities in Spain claim the newly elected President of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o owes nearly one million euros in taxes. According to them, the said amount was accumulated when Eto’o was playing his club…

Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said that his country is working with the legitimate government in Libya and wants a comprehensive solution for the Libyan crisis. Cavusoglu told reporters at the Turkish Foreign Ministry HQ in…

Libya’s House of Representatives (parliament) has proposed postponing the presidential elections by six months.The assembly held a session in the city of Tobruk late Monday to discuss the polls, which were scheduled to take place on…

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has relieved the commander of the country's air defences, Major-General Amar Amrani, of his duties, appointing Major-General Abdelaziz Haouame in his place. The shake-up of the Territorial Air…

Iran and Iraq signed an agreement on Monday to finally begin the construction of a new railway to connect the neighbouring countries. The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways and Iraqi Republic Railways companies agreed to establish a joint…

The European Union’s (EU) High Representative, Josep Borrell, has called on Libyan authorities to swiftly devise a plan and a clear calendar to hold inclusive, free, fair, and credible presidential and legislative elections as soon as…

The Secretary General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, called on Libyan parties to look for the interest of the whole country rather than pursuing narrow personal interests, adding that Libya is at a dangerous crossroad and all…

Morocco has extended the suspension of commercial flights to and from the North African country until January 31, state TV reported on Friday.The decision comes almost a month after the Interministerial Covid Monitoring Committee…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has praised the high turnout by the Libyan people in voter registration, which was represented by the receipt of 2.8 million electoral cards. “This necessitates…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Unity has confirmed the arrest of the American citizen, Fernando Espinoza, on charges of violation of procedures, including the expiration of his visa, and his presence in…

A Saudi citizen and a Yemeni resident were killed as a result of a Houthi projectile that hit the southern Saudi city of Jizan on Friday, Saudi state media reported citing a coalition statement. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the…

Presidential candidates, Fathi Bashagha who was an Interior Minister of the previous government in Libya, and Ahmed Maiteeq who was a member of the previous Presidential Council - both from Misurata - traveled to Benghazi in eastern Libya…

More than 160 migrants drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya over past week, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. The fatalities were the latest disasters in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better…