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The deputy interior minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in eastern Libya, Faraj Egayem, has escaped an assassination attempt after a car bomb ran into his convoy in Sidi Khalifa area, Benghazi.The assassination…

The Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and his Libyan counterpart of the Government of National Accord Fayez al-Sarraj talked over the phone late Saturday to discuss the situation of three Turkish nationals abducted Friday in…

Manchester bomber Salman Abedi has been buried in Libya after UK mosques refused to deal with his body.  Abedi killed 22 people and injured 120 when he detonated a bomb outside the Ariana Grande concert in May.  …

Saudi Arabia has intercepted a ballistic missile from Yemen, reports say, after a loud explosion was heard near Riyadh airport.Saudi air defence forces were quoted by broadcaster Al-Arabiya as saying they intercepted the missile…

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has resigned, saying in a televised broadcast he feared for his life, while also fiercely criticising Iran.Mr Hariri's father, former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, was assassinated in…

A Libyan accused of involvement in the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic complex in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the US ambassador, appeared Friday before a federal judge in Washington.Mustafa Al-Imam,…

Gunmen in Libya’s Ubari city kidnapped Friday four workers from the Turkish company Enka.The unknown gunmen abducted at gunpoint three Turkish men and one German man all working on operating the Ubari gas steam station in southern…