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Libya’s Al-Sirraj to attend Turkey’s extraordinary summit of Organization of Islamic…

May 17, 2018

Turkey, as the term president, has announced its decision to organize an extraordinary summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on Jerusalem after the opening of the United States Embassy in the city that claimed…

New US sanctions hit Hezbollah financiers

May 17, 2018

The United States sought to further choke off funding sources for Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Thursday, sanctioning one of its financiers and its representative to Iran, as well as five entities based in Europe, West Africa and the…

Libya Central Bank blames Audit Bureau for rocketing of foods prices in Ramadan

May 17, 2018

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) issued a statement blaming the Audit Bureau for the current high prices of foods and goods in the markets during Ramadan.CBL said it had informed the related authorities of a looming economic crisis…

UN dismayed at continuous fighting in Libya’s Derna

May 17, 2018

Since the latest escalation of armed conflict in Derna on 15 May, health sector sources report that at least six civilians have been killed and 14 injured, including one child, United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

Unicef: Two-thirds of Libyan Schools have limited drinking water

May 16, 2018

UNICEF together with the Ministry of Education and the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control Launch Assessment of Water, Quality, Sanitation and Hygiene in Libyan SchoolsA nation-wide assessment on the quality of water and…

North Korea might blow up summit with Trump over Bolton’s “reckless…

May 16, 2018

North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un is due to take place on 12…

Amnesty International: Disgraceful EU policies lead to detention of more migrants off Libya shores

May 16, 2018

A surge in migrants and refugees intercepted at sea by the Libyan authorities has seen at least 2,600 people transferred, in the past two months alone, to squalid detention centres where they face torture and extortion, Amnesty…

Fighting over Libya’s Derna leaves several people killed and injured

May 15, 2018

Derna Shura Council (now named Derna Protection Force) has announced that about five of its fighters have been killed and others have been wounded in renewed clashes with the self-styled army of Khalifa Haftar. The force said the…

UN envoy discussed in Algeria Libyan elections by 2018 end

May 15, 2018

The Algerian Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel received on Saturday the Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Ghassan Salame, in the Algerian capital Algiers.The Foreign Ministry…

Death toll of Palestinians killed by Israelis hit over 40, and 2000 injuries in Nakba Day protests

May 14, 2018

over 40 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and more than 2,000 wounded as the Israeli army fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters assembled along the fence with Israel on Monday. It was the highest Palestinian death toll in a…

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