Libyan Express - Libya News, Opinion, Analysis and Latest Updates from Libya

Edward Snowden might be sent to the US as a gift from Putin to Trump

Feb 12, 2017

Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who published explosive details about U.S. intelligence activities, has lived in exile in Moscow since 2013. Now, he could be sent home to face espionage charges, Fortunes reported NBC as…

Over 70.000 people evacuated from Greek city over WWII bomb

Feb 12, 2017

At least 70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki are being evacuated so that a 500lb World War Two bomb can be defused, officials say., the BBC reported.It is thought to be one of the largest wartime bombs to be found in…

Presidential Council: Libyan National Guard are outlaw armed groups and must be evicted out of…

Feb 12, 2017

The Presidential Council of the UN-brokered Government of National Accord has described the newly formed Libyan National Guard (LNG) as outlaw groups that aim at destabilizing Tripoli and creating parallel official bodies to the…

Vaccines for children to be imported by beginning of March

Feb 12, 2017

Amid the current acute shortages of vaccines in the healthcare centers in Libya, the Head of the Vaccination Department in Tripoli, Abdelbaset Esimo, told the press Sunday that the Medical Supplies Department had contracted some…

Residents of Hun, central Libya, evacuate houses after Operation Dignity bombing ultimatum

Feb 12, 2017

Scores of the residents living in Hun town, near Jufra city in central Libya have started to evacuate their houses following a threat by the Operation Dignity spokesman, Ahmed Al-Mesmari, who vowed to bomb the town and its Wahat hotel…

GECOL connects eastern and western power networks, expects less outages

Feb 12, 2017

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has announced that its maintenance teams have managed to restore the link between the eastern and western power networks after over two years of separation.An official at the GECOL,…

Real Madrid win 3-1 against Osasuna, restore La Liga lead

Feb 12, 2017

A second-half goal from Isco helped push Real Madrid past Osasuna 3-1 and back into first place in La Liga on a rainy Saturday night at the Estadio El Sadar in Pamplona.Cristiano Ronaldo gave Los Blancos a first-half lead, but Osasuna's…

North Korea carries out ballistic missile test

Feb 12, 2017

BBC - North Korea has fired a ballistic missile in the first such test since Donald Trump took office as US president.Mr Trump assured Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that "America stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%".…

Turkish troops and Syrian opposition fighters enter IS-held Al-Bab town

Feb 12, 2017

AFP - Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies entered the Islamic State-held town of Al-Bab in northern Syria Saturday, as government forces moved closer to the jihadist bastion, a monitor said.Turkish state-run Anadolu news…

Crickets might be gearing towards extinction, IUCN says

Feb 11, 2017

BBC - The first comprehensive assessment of Europe's crickets and grasshoppers has found that more than a quarter of species are being driven to extinction.According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the…

Previous 1 … 767 768 769 770 771 … 1,217 Next