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There was a meeting between senior Egyptian and Turkish officials in Ankara last week to discuss the possibility of repairing mutual relations. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu described the discussions to a local TV station as…

Khalifa Haftar, who leads a breakaway Libyan National Army in the eastern region and has a dual Libyan-US citizenship, is going to visit the US with his family and try to promote it as an official state visit, according to the Head of the…

The embassies of the US, France, Germany, Italy and the UK in Libya in a joint statement Sunday called on all Libyan actors to ensure "inclusive, free and fair" parliamentary and presidential elections on Dec. 24.The embassies…

Barcelona striker Martin Braithwaite is set to undergo knee surgery. The Denmark international, 30, suffered injury to his left knee in the 2-1 win against Getafe on 29 August. Barcelona said the injury had not responded to…

Freshworks Inc is aiming for a nearly $9 billion valuation in a U.S. initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing by the business and customer engagement software company on Monday.The company, which rivals…

The CIA is upgrading its presence in the African desert, by expanding a secret base deep in the African desert, to monitor Islamist extremist groups, including Al-Qaida and ISIS, thought to be operating from Libya, The New York Times…

A source revealed to Libyan Express that the date of the Lausanne meeting, which will bring together 51 members of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) in Switzerland, has been changed from September 18 and 19 to September 15 and 16.…

North Korea says it successfully test fired what it described as newly developed long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, its first known testing activity in months, underscoring how it continues to expand its military capabilities…

Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his National Rally of Independents (RNI) thrashed the long-ruling Islamists in parliamentary elections.The king appointed…

The UN special envoy for Libya warned Friday that failure to hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 24 could renew division and conflict and thwart efforts to unite Libya.Jan Kubis told the UN Security Council that…