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Manchester bomber has planned attack since last December, report says

Jun 13, 2017

The bomb attack in Manchester last month which killed 22 people was being planned since December, security officials in Libya have told the BBC.The BBC added that Salman Abedi was being watched in Libya more than a month before the…

Over 160 Senegalese migrants deported from Libya

Jun 13, 2017

Hundreds of Senegalese migrants who had been trapped in Libya were recently flown back home.Although the majority of the migrants have returned home heavyhearted, hungry, and broke, they are happy to reunite with their families and…

Over 1 in 10 people are obese worldwide, report

Jun 12, 2017

More than one in 10 people worldwide are now obese and 2.2 billion are believed to be overweight, fueling a global health crisis that claims millions of lives every year, according to a major new international study released on Monday,…

US-backed Syrian Kurdish forces enter old city of Raqqa

Jun 12, 2017

U.S.-backed Syrian militias advanced further into Islamic State's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa from the east on Monday, reaching the walls of the Old City, a war monitor and a militia spokesman said on Monday, Reuters reported.The…

UN extends arms embargo on Libya for one more year

Jun 12, 2017

The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to extend authorization for another year so as to allow the European Union to seize illegal weapons on the high seas off the coast of Libya.The 15-member UN body…

UNHCR: Over 2.500 migrants rescued off Libyan coast at the weekend

Jun 12, 2017

The U.N. refugee agency called on Sunday for European countries to help Italy cope with an increasing flow of migrants after some 2,500 were rescued at the weekend and dozens were reported missing at sea after leaving Libya.Libyan…

Haftar dissolves Zintan-based brigade after freeing Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi

Jun 12, 2017

The commander of the western military zone of Khalifa Haftar's Operation Dignity, Edris Madi, ordered the brigade of Abu BakirAl-Seddiq be dissolved on Monday.The order comes two days after the brigade announced releasing Saif…

Former Tripoli mayor and Irish-Libyan national blacklisted by Saudi Arabia

Jun 12, 2017

An Irish national has been placed on a terror blacklist by Saudi Arabia for the alleged backing of Islamic terror groups, the Irish Independent reported.Mahdi al-Harati (44), who is originally from Firhouse, Dublin, is one of 59…

Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi killed in Syrian airstrike on Raqqa, Syrian TV claims

Jun 11, 2017

Syrian state television has reported the leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghadi has been killed in an air strike, The Sun reported.Claims suggest the world’s most wanted terrorist was blasted with heavy artillery while in the ISIS…

Libya’s oil output recovers after resuming work at Al-Sharara oilfield

Jun 11, 2017

Al-Sharara, Libya's largest oil field, has resumed production after workers had closed the 270,000-bpd field on Wednesday, protesting over the lack of medical treatment for a co-worker who had died in an accident in a swimming pool…

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