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Kuwait court sentences couple to death for killing a Filipina maid

Apr 02, 2018

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death after they were convicted in absentia of killing a Filipina maid in a case that triggered a crisis between the Philippines and the Gulf Arab state, Kuwaiti newspapers…

Armed group storms Misurata airport, flights suspended

Apr 01, 2018

Local sources from Misurata said the city’s airport has suspended flights and redirected them to Mitiga International Airport in Tripoli.According to the sources, the shutdown came after an armed group stormed into the airport after two…

Over 8500 hygiene kits distributed for women in Libya by UNHCR and UNFPA

Apr 01, 2018

UNHCR and UNFPA, with the support of German funding, are currently distributing 8,517 dignity and hygiene kits in 16 different locations in the Libyan areas of Tripoli, Misrata, Sabha, Nafusa Mountains, Bani Walid , Janzour , Ubari and…

Algeria welcomes Misurata-Zintan reconciliation agreement

Apr 01, 2018

Algeria on Saturday welcomed the reconciliation that just concluded between the two Libyan cities of Misrata and Zentan.The spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Abdelaziz Benali Cherif said that this agreement is "a step in the right…

Facebook is trying to add safeguards against data abuse

Apr 01, 2018

Facebook is scrambling to add safeguards against abuse of user data as it reels from backlash over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Now TechCrunch has learned Facebook will launch a certification tool that demands that marketers…

Syrian army said it had seized over 90% of Eastern Ghouta

Apr 01, 2018

The Syrian army command said on Saturday it had regained most of the towns and villages in eastern Ghouta and was pressing its military operations in the last rebel bastion of Douma, Reuters reported. Reuters said the Syrian army…

EUBAM extends apology to Libya over representing it at WCO Conference

Mar 31, 2018

European Union Border Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM) has apologized to Libya over the representation of one of its advisors of Libya at the World Customs Organization (WCO) Conference in Brussels.EUBAM’s Head of Mission…

Libya’s Tripoli mayor released after hours of abduction

Mar 31, 2018

The office for security coordination in Tripoli, Libya, Friday said on its Facebook page that the city's mayor, Abdelraouf Bait Al-Mal, ''has been released''. The office also stressed that the mayor had…

IS claims car bomb attack that killed over 8 in northeastern Libya

Mar 31, 2018

Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide car bombing on Thursday in the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya, the militant group's news agency Amaq said on Friday.Over eight fighters from the self-styled army of…

Car bomb kills over five, injures six in northeastern Libya

Mar 29, 2018

A Car bomb has exploded at eastern Ajdabiya city's entrance, in northeastern Libya, local sources reported.The sources reported the Mohammed Megariyef Hospital in Ajdaboya as saying that ambulances from the explosion scene brought 5…

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