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Eastern forces prepare to move war to Tripoli

Jan 16, 2017

The spokesman of Operation Dignity forces led by Khalifa Haftar and appointed by Tobruk-based House of Representatives, Ahmed Al-Mesmari, said their next target is Tripoli after finishing war on terrorism in Benghazi."Tripoli and…

Facebook starts tackling fake news in Germany

Jan 16, 2017

BBC - Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories.The world's largest social network said it would enable German users to flag potentially false stories.The stories will…

A bug believed to be resistant to antibiotic, causes death

Jan 16, 2017

BBC - A superbug that could not be treated with 26 different antibiotics has killed a woman in the US, officials report.The 70-year-old from Nevada had returned to the US in August with an infected swelling in her right hip after a…

Turkish cargo plane crashes on houses in Kyrgyzstan, kills over 37 people

Jan 16, 2017

BBC - A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, officials say.The Boeing 747 TC-MCL aircraft operated by ACT Airlines crashed as it landed in fog…

Egyptian court rejects transferring islands to Saudi Arabia

Jan 16, 2017

Al-Jazeera - A top Egyptian court has issued a final ruling rejecting a government plan to transfer two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal that had provoked outrage among Egyptians and prompted rare protests.…

Italy sends aids to Haftar-held areas in eastern Libya for first time

Jan 16, 2017

The Foreign Minister of Italy, Angelino Alfano, said his country is going to send humanitarian aids to the eastern region areas controlled by Khalifa Haftar's Operation Dignity forces.Speaking on Italian TV, Angelino Alfano added…

Syrian government shelling kills a dozen civilians in Wadi Barada, Damascus

Jan 16, 2017

Al-Jazeera - Troops allied to the Syrian government have shelled a village in a rebel-controlled area near its capital Damascus, killing at least seven civilians, according to a monitoring group.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory…

Power gradually returns to Libya’s western region

Jan 15, 2017

The General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) confirmed the return of power gradually to the western region on Sunday after over 15 hours of a total blackout from Ras Ajdair in west Libya to Ajdabiya near the east."After…

IS launches terrorist attacks on eastern Syria, killing dozens

Jan 15, 2017

BBC - Islamic State militants have launched a fierce assault on government-held areas in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, with dozens reportedly killed.Twelve government soldiers and 20 IS fighters were killed, said the…

Bahrain executes three Shia men over murder charges

Jan 15, 2017

Bahrain has executed three Shia men who were convicted of killing three police officers in a bomb attack in March 2014, the authorities say, wrote the BBC.They were killed by a firing squad on Sunday, state news agency BNA reports.…

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