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June 2025

Libyan olive oils win awards in Athens

Three Libyan olive oil companies received awards at the 2025 Athens International Olive Oil Competition, the Libyan Export Promotion Centre (LEPC) announced on Sunday.According to the Centre, the awards reflect Libya’s continued…

Greece deploys warships near Libya

Greece has announced the deployment of three warships in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and Libya, citing the need to control the flow of migrants coming from Libya, according to Turkish media outlet Zaman.Greek Prime…

Power, dominance and the fractured Middle East

In the years following the incomplete revolutions of the Arab Spring, a fundamental reality has come into sharper focus: nearly every state, whether powerful or peripheral, seeks to assert hegemony—be it political, economic, cultural or…

66 children die from hunger in Gaza

At least 66 children in the Gaza Strip have died from acute malnutrition since October 2023, according to local health authorities, as the territory grapples with an intensifying humanitarian catastrophe under Israel’s ongoing blockade.…

Mauritania, Turkey sign civil aviation cooperation agreement

Mauritania’s National Civil Aviation Agency signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Turkey’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Saturday to boost technical cooperation in various areas of civil aviation between the two…

UN mission in Libya faces sharp criticism

The Libyan capital, Tripoli, is experiencing a growing wave of public frustration with the performance of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). Increasingly, citizens perceive the mission not as part of the solution but…

New agreement aims to ease Congo-Rwanda tensions

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have signed a US-brokered agreement aimed at easing long-standing tensions and fostering cooperation in eastern Congo, a region affected by decades of armed conflict and humanitarian…

Turkey rejects EU criticism of maritime deal with Libya

Turkey has dismissed European Union criticism of its 2019 maritime agreement with Libya, describing the EU’s position as unhelpful to regional peace and stability.In a statement on Friday, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson Öncü…

Al-Ittihad slams LFF decision, takes case to sports court

Al-Ittihad Football Club announced on Friday evening that it will lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the Libyan Football Federation’s (LFF) decision to annul the result of their match against Al-Ahly…

UN voices concern over protest at its Tripoli headquarters

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed concern over recent statements by political figures which, according to the Mission, encouraged actions against its headquarters during protests in Tripoli earlier this…

Waha Oil adopts Fiberspar technology at Al-Samah Field

Waha Oil Company has completed the connection of a newly drilled well (VV-28) to the Al-Blat station at the Al-Samah field, using Fiberspar composite pipeline technology.The project was implemented by the company’s Engineering…

Trump: sanctions stay, but Iran may receive funds to rebuild

President Donald Trump stated on Wednesday that the United States continues to uphold its maximum pressure campaign on Iran, including restrictions on Iranian oil exports. However, he indicated that enforcement of these measures might…

Election body delays municipal vote to August

Libya’s High National Election Commission (HNEC) has announced that the second phase of municipal elections is set to take place in August, amid ongoing challenges related to security and electoral preparations.Imad Al-Sayeh, head…

Libya and China discuss diplomatic training collaboration

Yesterday, Khaled Abdulsalam Abukhreis, Director of Libya’s Diplomatic Studies Institute, hosted the Chargé d’Affaires of the People’s Republic of China to Libya for a meeting focused on strengthening diplomatic training and…

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