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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…

Juventus wins 2-0 against Monaco in Champions League semifinals

May 04, 2017

Striker Gonzalo Higuain displayed some worth for his huge transfer fee and Gianluigi Buffon showed he is still priceless in goal, each starring as Juventus won 2-0 at Monaco in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal,…

UN Humanitarian Coordinator, WHO condemn attack on Sabha medical center

May 04, 2017

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator and the World Health Organization (WHO) condemn the armed attack occurring on 30 April in Sabha Medical Center in the South of Libya. While no hospital staff or patients were injured, the incident took…

Wikileaks founder calls Hillary Clinton “butcher of Libya”

May 04, 2017

Julian Assange, the editor of the whistle-blowing website of Wikileaks, called the former US Foreign Secretary, Hillary Clinton, the butcher of Libya.In a tweet, Assange branded Clinton as the “butcher of Libya” in a scathing…

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