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2021

Saudi Arabia’s 2022 budget sees no deficit since 2014

Saudi Arabia approved its 2022 budget on Sunday, projecting a surplus for the first time since oil prices collapsed in 2014. King Salman said the improved fiscal situation for the world's biggest oil exporter comes "after the Kingdom of …

Palestinians held municipal elections in West Bank

Palestinians held municipal elections in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in a rare democratic exercise and amid rising anger with President Mahmoud Abbas after he cancelled planned legislative and presidential votes earlier this year.…

Libya’s HoR reviews election criteria with HNEC

The committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) that is tasked to follow up with the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) on the development of the electoral process and is headed by Al-Hadi Al-Saghir, and MP Saleh Efhema, met…

TLBC plans to add 4 routes between Libya and Tureky

The head of Turkey-Libya Business Council Murtaza Karanfil said they are planning to expand voyages between Libya and Turkey to include new destinations such as Istanbul, Muğla, Antalya and Bursa, for both tourism and trade purposes.…

Western Power increases pressure on Tunisian President

Pressure has increased domestically and internationally on Tunisian President Kais Saied to set a clear time limit for his "extraordinary measures". President Saied recently expressed his intention to change the country's constitution,…

Libya’s PIB launches major services projects

The Libyan Privatisation and Investment Board on Thursday launched a number of services projects, involving healthcare, agriculture, tourism, education, industry, energy, transportation, services, and real estate.Board chairman,…

Egyptian Judge hands down death sentence for beheading man

An Egyptian criminal court in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia sentenced a man to death on Thursday, local media outlets have reported, for a murder shocked Egyptians nationwide. The man was arrested last month after stabbing and…

France to declassify files on Algerian war archives

France will open up judicial archives on the Algerian war 15 years ahead of the stipulated declassification, the government announced on Friday, a move which could confirm the long-held allegations of torture by the French police and the…

Fire engulfs Ennahda building in the capital Tunis

Tunisian local media reported, Thursday, that a fire has erupted at the office of Ennahda movement political party's office in the capital Tunis.https://twitter.com/mosaique_news/status/1468941728400957446?s=20Rescue teams have…

Pfizer: Three vaccine doses enough to protect against omicron

Two doses of the BioNTech and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may not be enough to protect against the Omicron variant, the companies warned Wednesday, but stressed it was "still effective" after a third jab. Omicron has caused global concern…

France releases Khashoggi suspect, admits identity error

French authorities said Wednesday they had released a man arrested on suspicion of playing a role in the 2018 Istanbul murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after realising he was not the same individual on an arrest warrant issued…

UN appoints Stephanie Williams as Special Adviser on Libya

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed former acting head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Stephanie Williams as special adviser to the UN on Libya.The appointment of Williams, a former US diplomat, to the…

Libya’s House of Representatives to runoff election system

The presidency of the House of Representatives (HoR) called in a statement on HoR members to convene on Tuesday in Tobruk to discuss the latest developments in the electoral process. The Head of the High National Elections Commission…

Deputy Prime Minister meets French ambassador in Tripoli

The Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Ramadan Bu Jannah, received, Monday, French Ambassador to Libya, Beatrice Duhlin, to discuss cooperation aspects between the two countries.During this meeting, Abu…

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