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"I have no assets outside Libya, so those EU sanctions wouldn't be as effective." Said the President of Tobruk Parliament, Aqilah Saleh in a televised statement.Saleh said that he and other eastern political and social figures as…

Two trawlers heading to Benghazi have been reportedly sunk near Misrata on early Thursday. The reports said the two trawlers were suspected to have been loaded with ammunition to Benghazi Shura Council revolutionary fighters.The two…

BAKU/YEREVAN, April 2 (Reuters) - A new wave of fighting broke out in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Saturday, killing at least a dozen servicemen and drawing international calls for an immediate ceasefire to stop violence…

As western U.S. states suffer through droughts and water shortages, foreign companies are buying farmland there to alleviate water shortages of their own.For instance, Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company bought up 15,000 acres in…

Syrian troops have found a mass grave containing about 40 bodies in the city of Palmyra following its recapture from the Islamic State (IS) group, state news agency Sana reports.The grave containing the bodies of men, women and…

Three Libyan oil ports that have been closed for over a year are set to reopen, now that a unity government has arrived in Tripoli, militia leaders said, a rare positive sign for an oil sector that has been under siege.“We are…

The U.S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third in series of challenges that have drawn sharps rebukes from China.…

The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Saturday it is working with the UN-backed unity government that arrived in Tripoli Wednesday last week to coordinate future oil sales and put a period of divisions and rivalry behind the…

The Constitution Drafting Assembly members, who are meeting in Oman, have agreed on Tripoli as the capital city of Libya and named the country as the Libyan Republic.A source, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the press that…