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Egypt court slams preacher with two years in jail for blasphemy

Mar 29, 2017

Anadolu Agency - An Egyptian court on Wednesday slapped a controversial Muslim preacher with a two-year jail sentence for “blasphemy”, according to a local judicial source.Mohamed Abdullah Nasr -- popularly known as “Mizo” --…

US soldier died in northern Syria, officials said

Mar 29, 2017

Fox News - The United States-led coalition says an American service member died of "natural causes" in Northern Syria Wednesday.The statement did not give any more information. The name of the service member is being withheld…

Hike in oil prices upon Libyan oilfields’ disruption

Mar 29, 2017

Reuters - Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday despite an increase in U.S. crude inventories, lifted by Libyan supply disruptions and expectations of an OPEC-led output cut being extended.Front-month Brent crude futures rose 25…

Libya Should Revive the 1963 Constitution

Mar 29, 2017

A common theme among many postcolonial countries in the Middle East is the difficulty of placing various religious and ethnic groups under the same state’s flag. Libya is different, as its people are overwhelmingly Sunni Arab.…

France Press cameraman, organisers of Earth Hour arrested by Benghazi Criminal Investigation Dept.

Mar 29, 2017

The Benghazi Criminal Investigation Department (BCID) has arrested the cameraman of France Press, Abdullah Duma, for shooting a celebration of the Earth Hour event at Medical Arab University two days ago.Sources reported that Duma…

Operation Dignity’s MIG21 crashes into house in east Libya

Mar 29, 2017

A warplane (MIG21) for Operation Dignity has crashed down into a house in Tobruk, eastern Libya, southern the Jamal Abdel Naser Airbase.The crash led to the killing of the pilot, Saleh Jouda, the commander of the airbase.…

Almost 40.000 people displaced as fighting intensifies near Syria’s Hama

Mar 29, 2017

Al-Jazeera - Nearly 40,000 people, mostly women and children, have been displaced over the past week by fighting northwest of Syria's Hama city, the United Nations said on Tuesday.Since the rebel offensive began in the area a week ago,…

Indonesian man found dead inside a python

Mar 29, 2017

BBC - A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police.Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil.In the search for the 25-year-old,…

EU court lifts sanctions on Gaddafi’s daughter, Aisha

Mar 29, 2017

Europe's second-highest court on Tuesday lifted sanctions on the daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, arguing the changed situation in Libya no longer justified the measures, Reuters reported.As part of sanctions…

Maltese oil businesses move to Algeria in replacement of Libya

Mar 28, 2017

Times of Malta - Maltese manufacturers are looking at Algeria to replace lost business in Libya as the country remains plagued with instability.Algeria ranked first for new markets in the profiling exercise of manufacturing…

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