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Ban Ki-moon welcomed removal of Libya’s chemical weapons

Sep 10, 2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the successful removal of all chemical weapons from Libya in an operation facilitated by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).Libya's remaining…

Libya’s chemicals arrive safely in Germany for destruction

Sep 10, 2016

Libya's last chemical weapons stocks have arrived safely in Germany after being shipped out of the country, and will now be prepared for destruction, a global watchdog said Thursday."Another crucial step has been taken toward…

GNA’s Education Ministry says new school year on October 24

Sep 10, 2016

The Minister of Education at the Government of National Accord (GNA), Mohammad Al-Azzabi, said Thursday that the new school year date has been modified, along with the dates of the exams and end of the year.Al-Azzabi said the new…

Doctors without Borders says life in Aleppo became “impossible”

Sep 08, 2016

Al Zahraa hospital has this week been the latest hospital to be damaged by an airstrike in besieged east Aleppo, where 250,000 people are now trapped in an increasingly unsustainable situation. The medical facility was hit during…

Brega oil company says there is no fuel crisis in Tripoli

Sep 08, 2016

Brega Company’s gas and oil marketing committee confirmed Thursday that Anwar Libya vessel arrived in Tripoli with 25 million liters of fuel, adding that preparations are underway to distribute the fuel to all petrol stations in the…

LIA in Tripoli dismisses claims of handover to steering committee as “simply untrue”,…

Sep 08, 2016

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) in Tripoli has dismissed reports today of a handover of power to an interim steering committee, confirming that AbdulMagid Breish remains Chairman of the sovereign wealth fund.Libya Al…

Israeli researchers allege Palestinian president Abbas was KGB agent in the 198s

Sep 08, 2016

Israeli researchers have alleged that the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, worked for the Soviet intelligence agency the KGB in the early 1980s.Researchers from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem say a…

50 foreigners found HIV positive in Sabha

Sep 08, 2016

The head of the foreign workers registry in Sabha, Al-Tayeb Sulaiman, disclosed that there are over 50 cases which were found HIV positive when their blood was analyzed as part of the medical procedures done in the city for workers.…

Trump reprimanded for “ignorant” comments on Libya’s fight with IS

Sep 08, 2016

"I heard Hillary Clinton say I was not against the war in Iraq," Donald Trump told Matt Lauer during Wednesday night’s Commander-in-Chief Forum. "I was totally against the war in Iraq. You can look at Esquire magazine from 2004. You can…

Trump says Putin is a much better president than Obama

Sep 08, 2016

Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans.The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president "has been a leader far more…

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