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Libyan Prime Minister reprimands intl community for allowing military violence in Libya’s…

Apr 16, 2017

Fayez Al-Serraj, the Head of the Presidential Council and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) has sent an open letter to the UN Secretary General, Arab League Secretary General, EU High Representative of the…

Turkish people’s yes or no vote underway on presidential powers referendum

Apr 16, 2017

Turks began voting in a hotly contested referendum on Sunday that could place sweeping new powers in the hands of President Tayyip Erdogan and herald the most radical change to the country's political system in its modern history,…

Dozens of Syrians lining up for evacuation killed by bomb blast at bus convoy

Apr 15, 2017

A bomb blast hit a bus convoy waiting to cross into government-held Aleppo in Syria on Saturday, killing dozens of people evacuated from two Shi'ite villages the day before in a deal between warring sides, Reuters reported on Saturday.…

Sabha municipal council denies holding slave markets

Apr 15, 2017

The municipal council of Sabha in the south of Libya has denied that it ever held a market for selling African immigrants as salves in the city.The denial statement came by the municipal council as a response to the report of the…

Syrian civilians stranded in Aleppo towns as evacuation deal halts

Apr 15, 2017

Thousands of Syrians were stuck in and around Aleppo on Saturday as a deal to evacuate people from two Shi'ite villages in return for Sunni rebels and their families leaving two besieged towns near Damascus halted, a war monitor and…

North Korea displays military might as US deploys military arsenal in the region

Apr 15, 2017

North Korea displayed what appeared to be new long-range and submarine-based missiles on the 105th birth anniversary of its founding father, Kim Il Sung, on Saturday, as a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed towards the…

UN Secretary-General warns that Libya is risking return to wide conflict

Apr 15, 2017

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that Libya risks a return to widespread conflict, citing the volatile security situation in Tripoli and fighting in the eastern oil crescent and elsewhere, The Associated Press reported.…

Teen hangs himself in Al-Bayda to raise suicide cases to over 10, as Charlie Charlie game blamed

Apr 15, 2017

An adult aged 20 years old has committed suicide by hanging himself in Al-Bayda city in eastern Libya, bringing the number of hangings to 10 in a month period.According to medical sources, the boy was brought to the Thawra Hospital…

Nearly 100 migrants feared missing off Tripoli shores

Apr 13, 2017

Over 97 immigrants were feared missing after their boat capsized off the Libyan coast near Tripoli on Thursday, the Libya coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said, according to Reuters.Qassem told Reuters that 23 migrants were rescued…

Governor of CBL to hold press conference to explain current economic crisis

Apr 13, 2017

The Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Al-Seddiq Al-Kabir, will hold a press conference in the few coming days to respond to the current rumors and chaos created over the economic crisis in Libya.According to the CBL's…

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