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Libyans won’t obtain US visa unless they have close relations in the US

Jun 29, 2017

Visa applicants from six Muslim-majority countries must have a close family relationship to a U.S. individual or formal ties to a U.S. entity to be admitted to the United States under guidance distributed by the U.S. State…

Gharyan municipality denies arresting Operation Dignity fighters’ cell in the city

Jun 29, 2017

The municipality of Gharyan denied the rumors that spread on social media and media outlets that its security department had captured a sleeper cell of fighters linked to Khalifa Haftar's Operation Dignity in eastern Libya.The Head…

24 migrants’ bodies wash off Tripoli shores

Jun 29, 2017

24 bodies of illegal immigrants washed ashore Thursday morning in Ghout Al-Ruman, Tripoli, according to the Tripoli International Committee of the Red Crescent (ICRC.)Ghout Al-Ruman is an area to the east of Tripoli.The ICRC…

Italy mulls over shutting down its ports to rescue migrants ships coming from Libya

Jun 29, 2017

The Italian government is considering banning ships from Libya from landing at its ports after the arrival of nearly 11,000 refugees from there in the past five days, according to a report by The Guardian.It has been reported that…

Chile reaches Confederations Cup final after beating Portugal on penalties

Jun 29, 2017

Chile's Claudio Bravo made three penalty saves, as his country team defeated Portugal 3-0 in a penalty shootout to reach the Confederations Cup final in Russia.Bravo, who missed the first two matches because of injury, stopped penalties…

Iraqi forces recapture landmark Al-Nuri Mosque in old Mosul

Jun 29, 2017

An Iraqi commander says his forces have taken Mosul's landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound that was destroyed by the Islamic State group last week.Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi says special forces entered the compound and took control…

Rihanna’s new lover is Saudi Toyota heir Hassan Jameel

Jun 28, 2017

Her secret squeeze is understood to be Hassan Jameel, whose family own the rights to sell Toyota cars in the Middle East country.Rihanna’s mystery man is believed to be Hassan Jameel after the pair were pictured enjoying a steamy snog…

Armed group in Al-Zawiya city hijacks two UNSMIL cars, detains UN personnel

Jun 28, 2017

An armed group from Al-Zawiya city hijacked two cars from the UNSMIL in Al-Zawiya when they were on their way to Tripoli.According to local media outlets, the convoy was made of three cars, but the armed group managed to detain only…

Hundreds of fighters from Darfur, Chad fueling Libya’s current military strife, report says

Jun 28, 2017

Hundreds of fighters from Chad and Sudan’s Darfur region are feeding off instability in Libya, battling for rival factions, seeking to build rebel movements and engaging in banditry and arms trafficking, Geneva-based researchers said on…

Government air raid kills 30 civilians in eastern Syria

Jun 28, 2017

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an air strike early on Wednesday killed at least 30 civilians and injured dozens more in a village held by Islamic State in eastern Syria, Reuters reported.The strike, in al-Dablan, about…

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