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The suspected surviving bomber in the Brussels attacks has admitted the group was initially planning a new attack on France, Belgian prosecutors say.Mohamed Abrini said the group had decided to attack Brussels instead after the…

The wife of the Chairman of the civil Registry Authority in Libya, Rukiya Duma, has appealed for the special authorities in the country to double their efforts to find her kidnapped husband.The Chairman, Waleed Al-Ghadamsi was…

Egypt has rejected a request by Italy for phone records relating to the death of Italian student Giulio Regeni in Cairo earlier this year.A senior Egyptian prosecutor said handing over the records would violate his country's…

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has been felt across a number of major cities across south-west Asia.The earthquake struck in Afghanistan, close to its border with Tajikistan, at 10:28 GMT, according to the US Geological Survey.There…

The State Supreme Council (SSC) to hold its third meeting in the capital Tripoli Sunday and discuss its domestic schedule and timetable.The SSC voted for Abdulrahman Al-Sweihli as a President on April 6th in its first official…

A well-informed source has reported that the Constitution Drafting Assembly is holding a meeting this Sunday morning after they have come from Oman.The source, who preferred to be unnamed, told Press Solidarity that the number of…

Tension had been growing for months about Libya’s al-Nasr migrant detention centre in Zawiya, filled to bursting with those captured while trying to embark to Europe from nearby beaches.Earlier this month the tension boiled over.…

The UN delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, welcomed the meeting that took place in Cairo Saturday between HoR President Aqilah Saleh and senior HoR officials, including First Vice President Emhamed Shouaib and Second Vice-President Ihmeid…

An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say.The fireworks, which were to be used to celebrate a local new year festival, exploded about…