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Libya beats Sao Tome and Principe at AFCON qualifiers

Mar 29, 2016

The Libyan national team has beaten Sao Tome and Principe 4-0 at the second keg match of the AFCON qualifiers, Gabon 2017.The Libyan team finished the first half 0-0, and scored all of the four goals throughout the second half, to…

Presidential Council: Tripoli government shut airspace to obstruct accord government’s entry…

Mar 29, 2016

Libya's U.N.-backed unity government has accused authorities in Tripoli of closing down the capital's airspace to prevent it from traveling from Tunisia to start work.The unity government's Presidential Council released a statement…

Update: Hijacked Egyptian plane, landed in Cyprus, most passengers freed

Mar 29, 2016

A man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo on Tuesday and forced it to land in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said.After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport,…

Group of Misrata brigades reject entry of GNA, vow to face it with force

Mar 29, 2016

A group of Misrata brigades have issued a statement to clarify that they reject Serraj government, the Government of National Accord (GNA) and object to any attempts to impose it on Libyans.The statement said on Monday that it…

Al-Muwasat medical team carried out 50 eyes operations in Ghat

Mar 29, 2016

Al-Muwasat medical convoy has announced that it operated 50 eyes operations, 15 of which are very critical ones, in the city of Ghat.These operations come as part of the medical convoy efforts to help as many as they could of those…

Egyptian plane hijacked with 82 passengers on board

Mar 29, 2016

An Egyptian passenger plane has landed in Cyprus after being hijacked by a man wearing a suicide belt.EgyptAir Flight 181 was on a scheduled journey from Alexandria to Cairo when it veered off course on Tuesday morning.Sources…

Girl decapitated in Taiwan capital attack

Mar 28, 2016

A four-year-old girl has been beheaded in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, in what appears to have been a random attack, local media say. The attack is said to have taken place as the child was cycling towards a metro station with her…

Gunshots heard in Washington Capitol Complex, shooter captured

Mar 28, 2016

police officer may have been injured by shrapnel on Monday in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center when a man fired a gun, media reports and congressional sources said.There was confusion in early accounts about what occurred but police…

UAE frees two Libyan detained businessmen

Mar 28, 2016

The chairman of the Libyan Association for the detainees in the UAE, Muhammed Al-Hashimy, stated that UAE released Moad Al-Hashimy and Adel Al-Nasif and they are now at home in Dubai in good health.The chairman said the two…

Israel urges citizens to leave Turkey upon last Istanbul attacks

Mar 28, 2016

Israel urged its citizens visiting Turkey to leave "as soon as possible" in an upgraded travel advisory on Monday predicting possible follow-up attacks to the March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul blamed on Islamic State.Three…

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