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Airplane crashes into Melbourne shopping centre, five killed

Feb 21, 2017

BBC - Four US citizens and an Australian pilot have died after their light plane crashed into a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia.The charter flight appeared to have had a "catastrophic engine failure" shortly after taking off…

UN report says trial of Gaddafi’s son and regime officials “flawed”

Feb 21, 2017

The UN claimed on Tuesday that the trial in Libya of Saif Islam Gaddafi, the son of the killed Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and other members of his regime failed to meet international fair trial standards.The United Nations…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation signs oil investment and purchase deals with Russian Rosneft

Feb 21, 2017

Russian oil company, Rosneft PJSC, signed investment and crude-purchasing agreements with Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC).Moscow-based Rosneft agreed to invest in exploration and production in Libya, the state-run NOC said…

Bodies of 74 migrants wash ashore Al-Zawiya in western Libya

Feb 21, 2017

The bodies of 74 migrants washed ashore on the Libyan coast after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, aid workers said Tuesday.The Libyan Red Crescent said the bodies were recovered in the northwestern coastal city of…

Two killed in clashes between armed forces in Zliten, northwestern Libya

Feb 20, 2017

Two people were killed and over three others were injured in clashes that broke out in Zliten city on Monday afternoon between the Joint Security Room in Zliten and another force, said to be from Misurata city.Misurata city is…

Iran bans private drones from flying over Tehran

Feb 20, 2017

Iran has banned privately-owned drones from flying over Tehran after at least two devices were shot at in recent weeks over security fears, the BBC wrote on Monday.Licences will now only be granted to "relevant bodies and not…

Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin dies at age of 64

Feb 20, 2017

Sputnik - Russian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin died at the age of 64, just a day before his 65th birthday, in New York on Monday."A prominent Russian diplomat has passed away while at work. We'd like to express our sincere…

Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt sign a deal to settle down Libya’s political crisis

Feb 20, 2017

The Foreign Minister of Tunisian, Khemaies Jhinaoui, has signed a deal together with Algerian Minister of Maghreb, African Union and Arab League Affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, and the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukri, to settle…

First famine in six years announced in South Sudan

Feb 20, 2017

BBC - A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years.The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people are facing starvation, with a million…

YouTube to cancel obligatory 30-second ads in 2018

Feb 20, 2017

BBC - YouTube is to scrap "unskippable" 30-second advertisements on the video-streaming service, from 2018.Google confirmed the plan to the BBC's Newsround programme, saying it wanted to focus on "formats that work well for both…

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