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129 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast

May 06, 2017

Libyan coastguards in cooperation with a Libyan citizen rescued Friday 129 migrants from different African countries off Zuwara shores.According to the Naval Force's Spokesman, Ayoub Qassim, all the immigrants were from Gambia and…

British Foreign Minister visits eastern Libya, meets with HoR Speaker

May 06, 2017

The British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, arrived Friday in Tobruk, eastern Libya, to meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqilah Saleh, after he met with Tripoli-based GNA officials.The British FM was…

After safe zones take effect in Syria, fighting breaks in Hama

May 06, 2017

Syrian government forces and rebels clashed in the northwestern province of Hama on Friday shortly after a Russian-led deal to establish de-escalation zones took effect, a monitor and a rebel official said, Reuters reported.Fighter…

Violent clashes erupt in Benghazi’s downtown frontline

May 06, 2017

According to sources from Benghazi, heavy fighting erupted in downtown Benghazi between the forces of Operation Dignity led by Khalifa Haftar and the forces of Benghazi Shura Council.Al-Jala Hospital said two killed fighters and…

Waha oil field recover production to reach 75.000 bpd

May 06, 2017

The Waha field in eastern Libya has covered lost production to a 75,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) level as of Friday, according to a field engineer who spoke to Reuters on Friday.Fighting between militia groups affiliated with a rival…

British Foreign Minister meets with Head of Libyan HCS, Al-Sweihli

May 04, 2017

The British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Boris Johnson, arrived Thursday morning in Tripoli to meet with Libyan Government of National Accord's officials.The UK Foreign Minister met with the Head of the High Council…

SocGen to pay nearly 1 billion euros to settle LIA lawsuit

May 04, 2017

The French bank Société Générale avoided a costly and potentially embarrassing court case on Thursday by agreeing to pay nearly 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to settle a long-running dispute with the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA).…

Protesters storm into meeting of Misurata mayor, force him to resign

May 04, 2017

A video that has gone viral on social media showed a number of Misurata residents and political protesters storming into a meeting for the current mayor of the city, Mohammed Eshtiwi.According to the video, the protesters chased the…

Two dead in a murder-suicide incident at US North Lake College

May 04, 2017

Police say two people are dead, including the suspected gunman, after he opened fire at North Lake College in the Las Colinas area of Irving in what's believed to be a murder-suicide, according to American websites.Irving police…

WhatsApp goes down blocking users all over the world for hours

May 04, 2017

Messaging app WhatsApp was back in service late on Wednesday after a global outage knocked the 1.2 billion-member service offline across the world for several hours, Business Insider wrote."Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts…

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