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Program makes use of football to help refugees decide on their futures

Sep 25, 2016

Around the globe, soccer is known as “the beautiful game,” played by more people than any other sport in the world.And for many, the game is a way to find joy even in the most difficult of circumstances.Isaack Shire, 19,…

Q&A with AbdulMagid Breish, Chairman of the LIA in Tripoli

Sep 25, 2016

Here’s the question-and-answer session with AbdulMagid Breish, Chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) in Tripoli:Q: Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, Chairman of the so-called LIA “steering committee”, has said that the “the…

IS claims deadly suicide attack on a commercial street in Baghdad

Sep 25, 2016

A suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial street of Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven and wounding 28, police sources said, as Islamic State steps up attacks in Iraq.The ultra-hardline Sunni group claimed the attack in Iskan,…

Canada confirms one citizen is taken as a hostage in Libya

Sep 25, 2016

Canada confirmed on Sunday it has become aware of a citizen taken hostage in Libya and is "diligently pursuing all appropriate channels to obtain more information."Libyan authorities said last week a Canadian and two Italians…

Italian fuel tanker arrives in Khaleej Station’s floating dock to help generate more power

Sep 25, 2016

An Italian fuel vessel has arrived in the Khaleej steam plant's floating dock in Al-Gabiba district, Sirte bringing on board a second fuel shipment.The head of the media office of the Sirte Municipality said the vessel is loaded…

Leader of Boko Haram appears on video denying his death

Sep 25, 2016

The disputed leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has released a video message denying a claim by the military that he was killed or badly wounded in air strike last month.Abubakar Shekau appeared healthy in the video in…

Snapchat has released sunglasses with a camera

Sep 25, 2016

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget - sunglasses with a built-in camera.The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year priced at $130 (£100).The glasses will record up…

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…

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