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The UN Security Council has approved the appointment of a new delegate to Libya to replace the German envoy, Martin Kobler, who has been the Head of the UNSMIL since November 2015.The UNSC endorsed Ghassan Salame - a former Lebanese…

Manchester United have registered their interest in signing Cristiano Ronaldo but fear being used as a bargaining chip in a game of power at Real Madrid.United have made contact with the Spanish club and Ronaldo’s camp over a…

Another group of 175 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Tuesday aboard a chartered Nouvelair aircraft.The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the aircraft landed at 7.50 p.m. at the Murtala Muhammed International…

Oil slid further into a bear market as rising global supply countered efforts by OPEC and its allies to drain a glut, Bloomberg reported.Futures fell as much as 1.1 percent in New York after front-month prices closed Tuesday more…

A Nigerian human trafficker known as “Rambo” has been arrested in Italy on charges of torturing and killing migrants held captive in Libya, Italian police said Tuesday.The suspect named John Ogais, 25, was traced to a reception…

Saudi Arabia has relieved Muhammad bin Nayef from his role as crown prince, replacing him with Mohammad bin Salman, according to a royal decree published by state news agency SPA. The move positions the 31-year-old Bin Salman to be next…

126 fellow migrants drowned off Libya last week when their flimsy rubber dinghy foundered after smugglers removed the engine and fled, the U.N. migration agency said Monday, according to four survivors.Flavio Di Giacomo of the…

The Regional African Satellite Communication Organization (RASCOM) in Libya, which is based in Gharyan, denied the rumors that said that the partly-owned by Libya satellite, RascomStar-QAF1, had been stolen by Gulf states.The Gharyan…

Iraqi forces launched an assault Sunday to retake Mosul's Old City, the last district still held by the Islamic State group three years after the jihadists seized the northern city and declared their "caliphate", Agence-France Presse.…