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Syrian and Russian air attack on Idlib school worst since war began, says UN

Oct 27, 2016

Airstrikes in rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday were possibly the deadliest attack on a school since the Syria war began, a top UN official has said, describing the incident as an “outrage” and a possible war crime, The Guardian…

Ban Ki-moon honouring of Syrian ambassador to the UN Bashar Jaafari sparks outrage

Oct 27, 2016

Human rights groups have criticized UN chief Ban Ki-moon after he honored the Syrian regime’s envoy for 10 years of service, along with other ambassadors.Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based non-governmental group UN…

Egyptian National Commission for Museums: Libyan cultural legacy in danger

Oct 27, 2016

Egyptian National Commission for Museums warned of the selling of Libya’s cultural legacy and antiquities in the world market.In a statement on Wednesday, the Egyptian National Commission for Museums said Libyan archeological sites…

US uses Tunisian air base to fly surveillance drones inside Libya

Oct 27, 2016

The United States has started using a Tunisian air base to carry out surveillance drone operations inside Libya, reported Reuters from U.S. government sources said on Wednesday, according to the Washington Post.The unarmed drones…

Governer of CBL: Al-Serraj wanted to sell Libya’s gold reserves

Oct 27, 2016

The Governer of the Central Bank of Libya, Al-Seddiq Al-Kabeer, revealed Wednesday that the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord and Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Serraj, demanded the selling of Libya's gold…

UN delegate to Libya says Libyan Political Agreement will expire before it takes effect

Oct 27, 2016

The UN delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, warned on Wednesday that the constitutional validity of the Skhirat-signed agreement is going to end this December.Kobler indicated in a conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo,…

UK former foreign Minister says Britain negotiated IRA victims compensation during Gaddafi reign

Oct 27, 2016

The former foreign secretary of the UK, Jack Straw, has denied that IRA victims killed and injured by Libyan-supplied Semtex were ignored during negotiations with the Gaddafi regime.Straw said the issue of compensation for IRA…

MSF rescues 25 migrants from a stranded dinghy off Libya’s coast

Oct 27, 2016

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had rescued Wednesday 25 illegal immigrants from a dinghy off the Libyan coast.MSF stated that on another incident on Tuesday, its teams off the Libyan coast rescued other migrants as well,…

Syrian and Russian airstrikes on Idlib kill schoolchildren

Oct 26, 2016

More than 20 people, many of them children, have been killed in air strikes on a rebel-held village in north-western Syria, activists say.A school complex was reportedly among several locations targeted in the village of Haas, in…

Filipino President says US troops must leave his country within two years

Oct 26, 2016

Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants US troops to leave the country, possibly within two years.Speaking while on a state visit to Japan, he also called for an "independent foreign policy".Under a current…

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