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Tunisia's elections advanced to a runoff on Tuesday between a jailed media mogul and a socially conservative academic, according to final results from the electoral commission.Both have branded themselves political outsiders in a…

Oil surged the most on record after a devastating attack on Saudi Arabia intensified concerns about growing instability in the world’s most important crude-producing region.In an extraordinary start to the week’s trading,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said it provided medical supplies to remote areas in southern Libya, with the support of the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (UNCERF)."Medical supplies for people living in…

Italian police arrested three men on Monday accused of torturing and extorting money from migrants in a Libyan detention center.Prosecutors in Sicily ordered the arrests of two Egyptians and one Guinean after several…

Warplanes for Khalifa Haftar's Air Force, and some sources say foreign drones, have carried out three airstrikes on military positions for the Sirte Protection Force in the city of Sirte - former ISIS stronghold. The three airstrikes…

Two anti-establishment candidates claimed the lead in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election on Sunday, in a poll focused on high unemployment and a surge in the cost of living, Aljazeera said. Twenty-four candidates were…

Tunisia is holding its second free presidential poll since the 2011 uprising that toppled ex-president Ben Ali and sparked the Arab Spring.It was brought forward from November after the death in July of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first…

The Sirte Protection Force (SPF) has condemned airstrikes by foreign drones backing up Khalifa Haftar's forces on its positions in and around the city in central Libya.In a statement on Saturday, the SPF said the airstrikes killed…

The International Organization for Migration reports it has repatriated 127 African and Asian migrants stranded in Libya.Tripoli’s Mitiga International airport was shut down last Sunday after being hit by missiles.For safety…

Algeria has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya, an inter-Libyan solution and an adherence to UN Security Council arms embargo on the country.The remarks came in a meeting in Algeris between the Foreign Minister of Algeria…