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The United States expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week to further cripple the Iranian economy and will aggressively enforce the measures, senior U.S. administration officials said on Monday.The so-called…

A legal wrangle over the nationality of the Manchester bomber Salman Abedi’s brother, Hashem, has caused delays to his extradition to Britain over the Manchester attack that killed 22 people, The Times said on Sunday.The Times added…

Rescue ship Aquarius, which has picked up almost 3,000 migrants from the Mediterranean this year, will carry out rescue missions without waiting for orders from coastguards and will not return people to Libya, its search and rescue head…

The South Sudan government reached a final peace deal and power-sharing agreement with the country’s main rebel group on Sunday, said the foreign minister of neighboring Sudan, which has been helping to broker the agreement, Reuters…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Thursday it held a joint working session to discuss securing the upcoming Libyan elections scheduled for the end of this year."UNSMIL facilitated a joint meeting in UN…

The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has set the date for the new season of the Libyan Football League.LFF said Thursday that the 2018/2019 season will kick off on September 14 and fans will be allowed to attend matches, citing…

An unknown armed group kidnapped Saturday Abbas al-Qadi, the head of the General Authority of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, in Tripoli.   Al-Qadi was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Tripoli airport and taken to undisclosed location. No…

Libya repatriated Thursday night 166 illegal Nigerian immigrants from Tripoli via Mitiga Airport.The returnees included 72 females, three pregnant women, and 94 males, including 5 male infants.The return of the migrants was done…