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Tobruk LIA: Al-Serraj’s decision to appoint new Board of Trustees is illegitimate,…

Jun 03, 2017

The Tobruk-based Libyan Investment Authority's Board of Trustees - an entity tasked with regulating the work of the LIA - issued a statement on Friday slamming the decision of the Presidential Council to appoint a new Board of Trustees…

World awaits tonight’s Real Madrid vs Juventus Champions League finale

Jun 03, 2017

The most coveted prize in club football is up for grabs tonight when defending champions Real Madrid face Juventus at the National Stadium in Wales, Goal.com reported.Much of the pre-match talk has surrounded legendary Juve…

Sudanese army deployed on Libyan-Egyptian borders

Jun 03, 2017

Sudanese Army officials announced that they deployed forces on the triangle border crossing between Sudan, Libya and Egypt.On the official website of the Sudanese Army Forces, they said Sudan's military forces were deployed in the…

Libya’s ambassador to Spain dies

Jun 03, 2017

The Libyan ambassador to Spain, Mohammed Al-Faqih Saleh, died in the Spanish capital, Madrid, on Saturday.According to sources, the Libyan ambassador died of cancer after a long battle against the disease.Mohammed Al-Faqih…

Haftar’s forces seize Hun town in Jufra, a dozen killed

Jun 03, 2017

Clashes in Hun town in Jufra city between forces led by Khalifa Haftar and locals from Hun backed by forces from Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) have left over a dozen killed before Operation Dignity seized the city.According to…

France says security situation in Tripoli disallow reopening embassy

Jun 03, 2017

France's foreign ministry said on Friday security conditions were still not right to reopen its embassy in Libya despite a claim by the prime minister of a United Nations (UN)-backed government there that Paris wanted to restore its…

Armed clashes, airstrikes sweep through central Libya

Jun 02, 2017

Since late at night on Thursday and up until today evening, clashes between Operation Dignity forces backed up by air raids from Egyptian warplanes and Benghazi Defence Brigades and Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous brigades positioned in Waddan and…

Libyan HoR Speaker gave Egypt green light to bomb Derna

Jun 02, 2017

The Speaker of the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) had given the green light to Egypt to launch air raids on Derna in eastern Libya in response to a deadly attack on Coptic Christians, a source close to the Tobruk-based HoR…

Almost 44 sub-Saharan migrants dies of thirst in Niger’s desert en route to Libya

Jun 02, 2017

At least 44 Libya-bound migrants, including women and babies, died of thirst after their vehicle broke down in the scorching Sahara desert of northern Niger, local officials said Thursday."The number of migrants who died in the…

Trump confirms US will withdraw from Paris climate change agreement

Jun 02, 2017

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he will withdraw the United States from the landmark 2015 global agreement to fight climate change, spurning pleas from U.S. allies and corporate leaders in an action that fulfilled a major…

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