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Libyan Municipal Guard: Egyptian veggies, fruits are inedible, we received no official ban yet

Sep 25, 2016

The Head of the media bureau of the Municipal Guard in Tripoli, Yousif Al-Giloushi, said the guard has not received an official ban to be slammed on Egyptian vegetables and fruits, which have been proved to contain banned material and…

Erdogan asks to join US-led coalition against IS in Syria’s Raqqa city

Sep 25, 2016

Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, as long as it excludes Kurdish rebel forces, President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday.NATO…

Ban Ki-moon “appalled” by escalation of fighting in Syria’s Aleppo

Sep 25, 2016

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is "appalled by the chilling military escalation" in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, his spokesman says.Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general was alarmed by reports of air strikes involving…

Wagner says Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Chelsea is their best performance in recent years

Sep 25, 2016

Arsenal's 3-0 victory over Chelsea was one of their best performances in recent years, according to manager Arsene Wenger.The Gunners were dominant, winning through first-half goals from Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Mesut Ozil.…

IOM: 2.917 migrants died trying to cross the sea from Libya to Europe in 2016

Sep 25, 2016

The Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) has reported that 12,582 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan shores in 2016 to date.According to the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), in 2016 (as of 21 September) 130,567 arrivals…

Suspect of Washington shopping mall shootings arrested

Sep 25, 2016

A suspect sought over a fatal gun attack at a shopping centre in Washington state on Friday evening has been captured, police say.Police have named him as Arcan Cetin, 20, of Oak Harbor, Washington. He was born in Turkey and is a…

Thousands of protesters take to the streets to end restrictive abortion laws in Ireland

Sep 24, 2016

Thousands of protesters marched in Dublin, and Irish expatriates joined in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, to put pressure on the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws.Regulations…

Obama inaugurates first African-American historical museum in the US

Sep 24, 2016

The first black president of the US has formally opened the first US national museum about the African-American history in Washington DC.Barack Obama said the $540m (£415m) museum represented a "common journey towards freedom".…

Death toll of Egyptian capsized boat rises to 162

Sep 24, 2016

The number of bodies recovered after a migrant boat capsized off the Egyptian coast on Wednesday has reached at least 162, as the search continues.The boat was carrying between 450 and 600 migrants when it sank eight miles (12km)…

Two Indian teachers freed from IS in Sirte return home

Sep 24, 2016

Two Indian teachers, who were rescued last week after over a year-long captivity by IS terrorists in Libya, returned home on Saturday.T. Gopikrishna and C. Balram Kishan reached here from New Delhi in the early hours.They…

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