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A senior delegation from Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) visited China at the invitation of the country’s leading oil major China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to discuss investment and enhanced cooperation opportunities…

At least six missiles were fired by Khalifa Haftar's Air Force jets at Misurata airbase in Libya on Saturday dawn.According to local sources, Haftar's warplanes hit the airbase in Misurata claiming to target Turkish military presence at…

At least 115 migrants have gone missing and feared to have drowned and 134 others were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya.The Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim…

A Libyan armed group has arrested a number of Al-Qaeda-linked leaders in a raid near the capital Tripoli, the group said.The Misrata Joint Security Force carried out the raid against "wanted terrorists, classified as Al-Qaeda…

The Tunisian government has announced that the President Beji Caid Essebsi has died after being lodged in intensive care unit.

Libya’s coastguard has released an Italian fishing vessel and its crew, Italy said Wednesday.The Italian government said in a statement that the trawler “Tramontana” was seized Tuesday in the Gulf of Sirte while engaging in fishing…

The Libyan coast guard says that it has intercepted about four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast.The coast guard said Wednesday it had taken the migrants to Tajoura detention center that was bombed earlier this…

The United Nations envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame met Tuesday with the Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri in Tripoli.According to a statement by the UNSMIL on its Facebook page, Salame had briefed Al-Mishri on his visits…

Tunisian army has defused bombs carried by a Libyan warplane that made an emergency landing in Tunisia the day before, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.The aircraft belonged to the forces of Khalifa Haftar, who controls the east of…

Boris Johnson has been elected as the new Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the UK, and vowed to deliver Brexit, unite the county and defeat Labour's Jeremy Corbyn.The Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP beat Jeremy Hunt…