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In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Libya's Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sirraj hailed a landmark deal struck Tuesday with rival military leader General Khalifa Haftar, but warned the divided country faces tough challenges before…

Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and the eastern commander of Operation Dignity Khalifa Haftar agreed to a conditional ceasefire and elections at Paris talks on Tuesday."We commit to a ceasefire and to refrain from…

A humanitarian rescue ship on Tuesday found 13 dead bodies on a rubber boat off the coast of Libya that was carrying more than 160 migrants, charity group Proactiva Open Arms said, according to Reuters."Several pregnant women and…

A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, officials said, an attack which shattered a period of relative calm in Pakistan's second-largest city, Reuters reported.…

A federal judge in Michigan halted on Monday the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals from the United States, the latest legal victory for the Iraqi nationals facing deportation in a closely watched case.U.S. District Judge…

The deputy prime minister of the east-based Interim Government in eastern Libya, Abdel Salam Al-Badri, said the control of the eastern military governor Abdelrazik Al-Nadori, has troubled the work of the local sectors.Al-Badri told a…

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, and Bahrain, announced in a joint statement overnight placing new Libyan entities on the black list - the list of terrorist organisations funded by Qatar - as part of what they described their commitment to…

Libya's coastguard rescued an estimated 278 migrants including women and children on Monday off the shores of two different towns west of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman said, Reuters reported.The coastal towns to the west of…

The Tobruk municipality in the eastern Libyan region declared a humanitarian crisis in a meeting with other municipal councils' officials in Tobruk on Monday.The municipality said that the city is on the verge of a human disaster as…