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US judge refuses to ban new travel ban by Trump

Mar 11, 2017

BBC - A US judge has declined to issue an emergency order banning President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.The ruling came from Seattle district judge James Robart, the same judge who had issued the order that in effect halted…

World faces largest humanitarian crisis since 1945

Mar 11, 2017

BBC - The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that more than 20 million people faced the…

Water for captives release, Benghazi Defence Brigades and Operation Dignity deal says

Mar 11, 2017

Benghazi Defence Brigades (BDB) said the forces of Operation Dignity informed them that Khalifa Haftar had agreed to allow water to enter into the besieged Ganfudah area in western Benghazi, saying it will thereafter release the…

Russian private company has armed eastern fighters of Haftar’s forces

Mar 11, 2017

Reuters - A force of several dozen armed private security contractors from Russia operated until last month in a part of Libya that is under the control of regional leader Khalifa Haftar, the head of the firm that hired the contractors…

AFRICOM chief says US concerned over Russian meddling in Libya

Mar 11, 2017

The head of U.S. Africa Command, Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, raised the alarm Thursday about Russian interference in Libya during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill, according to Military Times.“It is very concerning, senator,"…

Watchdog: Britain’s aid programme in Libya might be harmful to migrants

Mar 11, 2017

An independent watchdog has warned that the UK's aid programme in Libya could be harming vulnerable migrants, the BBC wrote on Friday.According tp thje BBC, about £9m is spent providing water and sanitation for refugees in detention…

Does modifying Dinar exchange rate save Libya?

Mar 10, 2017

It seems that some merchants want the revaluation to four Dinars for the Dollar, as proposed by the chairman of General Libyan Union of Chambers, so quantification of Dollar selling could stop from the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), and to…

South Korean President impeached over corruption scandal

Mar 10, 2017

BBC - South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office.Judges unanimously upheld parliament's decision to impeach Ms Park over her role in a corruption…

Google agrees to remove “I’m not robot” security checks from websites

Mar 10, 2017

BBC - Website security checks that challenge people to prove they are human are likely to "disappear" in favour of a new system developed by Google.Captcha checks typically ask people to complete a puzzle that a computer would…

EU leaders discuss cutting off Libya route in face of migrants

Mar 10, 2017

The European Union leaders discussed Thursday in Brussels a plan aimed at cutting off the illegal migration route from Libya to Italy as fears of a hike in immigrants' influx to Europe mount with the coming of summer.According yo…

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