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Italian coastguards rescue over 2000 African migrants off Libyan coast, at least 22 died

Oct 05, 2016

At least 22 Europe-bound migrants were found dead Tuesday in an overloaded wooden boat off Libya, an AFP photographer witnessed, on a day of frantic rescues in the Mediterranean. Photographer Aris Messinis, who was able to go on board…

Misurata elders and notables say Ganfudah is enduring the same atrocities as Syria’s Aleppo

Oct 05, 2016

The Misurata Elders and Notables Council has issued a statement condemning the crimes committed by Khalifa Haftar's Dignity Operation forces in Ganfudah on Tuesday killing two families and injuring a number of other civilians, let alone…

Dignity Operation spokesman says bombing Ganfudah in Benghazi won’t stop any time soon

Oct 05, 2016

The Spokesman of Dignity Operation, Ahmed Al-Mismari, said their fighter aircraft will keep on bombing Ganfudah district in western Benghazi as long as the sound of gunshots keep coming from there.Al-Mismari accused Tuesday Amnesty…

Syrian opposition shells Aleppo University, two killed and 12 injured

Oct 04, 2016

At least 2 people were killed, 12 others wounded as opposition groups fired rockets on Aleppo University, eyewitnesses said.The rocket attacks also hit different residential areas in the Meridian and Al-Sabil neighborhoods in…

Nine civilians killed in a foreign airstrike on Ganfudah, Benghazi

Oct 04, 2016

Media sources reported that Dignity Operation forces, led by Khalifa Haftar, and backed up by foreign warplanes, carried out at least two airstrikes on residential areas inside the besieged district in Benghazi, Gnafudah.Boshra News…

Libyan forces’s warplane dropped bombs on its own troops, no casualties, official says

Oct 04, 2016

The spokesman of the air force emergency room of the UN-backed Government of National Accord’s military operation to free Sirte from IS – Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous – Mohammed Ganunu, said a technical fault in one of the Libyan forces’…

Russian embassy in Damascus shelled by mortars

Oct 04, 2016

The Russian embassy in Damascus came under fire on Tuesday from a neighborhood controlled by militant groups, including Al-Nusra Front, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports.One of the mortar shells fired at the embassy complex hit…

2016 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz

Oct 04, 2016

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three British-born scientists for discoveries about strange forms of matter.David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, will share the 8m kronor (£727,000) prize.…

Bodies of Libyans recovered off Sabratha shores after boat bound to Italy capsized

Oct 04, 2016

The Libyan coastguards recovered Monday bodies of two Libyan families off the Sabratha shores after they apparently drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.No specific number for the drowned persons has been released yet,…

Facebook announces Lite Messenger for countries with old smartphones

Oct 04, 2016

Facebook has announced a "slimmed down" version of its Messenger app for countries where older smartphones and slower net speeds are more common.The company said Messenger Lite had the "core features" of the full app such as the…

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