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Sharara oilfield reopened after short closure by protests

Aug 07, 2017

Libya's Sharara oil field, which has been producing 270,000 barrels a day (bpd), is gradually shutting down after the closure of a control room in the northern city of Zawiya, an engineer at the field said late on Sunday.The…

Saudi Arabia denies proposing a role for Assad in Syria transitional government

Aug 07, 2017

Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the future of Syria and President Bashar al-Assad should have no role in any transition to bring the war there to an end.…

British Special Force troops operate in Libya to block IS regrouping, combat human traffickers

Aug 07, 2017

80 members of the Special Boat Service, supported by 40 British specialists, have been deployed with US, French and Italian forces in a top-secret operation to deny IS any opportunity to establish a base in Libya, Daily News reported on…

Israel to shut down Al Jazeera English and Arabic in Jerusalem

Aug 07, 2017

Israel plans to revoke the media credentials of Al Jazeera TV journalists, close its Jerusalem bureau and pull the Qatar-based station's broadcasts from local cable and satellite providers, Communications Minister Ayoub Kara said on…

UAE hostility to Turkey and Qatar unveiled by leaked emails of UAE ambassador to US

Aug 06, 2017

Leaked emails from the UAE's ambassador to Washington have revealed the Gulf state's hostility to neighbour Qatar and its close ally Turkey.Yousef al-Otaiba told a prominent US journalist in April that he was deeply opposed to the…

Relatives of Libyans detained in Saudi Arabia block fuel pipelines in Al-Zawiya

Aug 06, 2017

The relatives of the Libyan nationals who are detained by Saudi Arabian authorities have blocked the pipelines of cars and aircraft fuel that lie between Al-Zawiya oil refinery and Tripoli in protest of the silence and negligence of the…

Libya’s oil production jumps higher to flood market

Aug 06, 2017

Libya’s crude shipments jumped to a new three-year high last month, dealing a fresh blow to Opec and allied oil-producing nations as they battle to restrict a global supply surplus that’s depressing prices for the commodity, Gulf News…

Google developing a Snapchat-like tech feature called Stamp

Aug 06, 2017

Alphabet Inc's Google is developing technology that media companies could use to create stories similar to those found on Snapchat's "Discover" platform, a person familiar with the plans said on Friday.Google's project, dubbed…

Justin Galtin ruins Usain Bolt’s career-end 100 m race

Aug 06, 2017

Justin Gatlin ruined Usain Bolt's farewell party when the 35-year-old American won the world 100 meters title on Saturday, beating the Jamaican superstar into third and sparking a chorus of boos from a London crowd unhappy with his…

Libyan coastguards rescue 137 immigrants off west Tripoli shores

Aug 06, 2017

Libya's coastguard intercepted 137 migrants including 5 women and 3 children on Sunday, August 6, as they attempted to reach Europe, a migration official told Agence France-Presse.Amine al-Boussefi, head of a government agency in…

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