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Ancient Egyptian tool found in a wardrobe in England

Aug 20, 2016

The 4,500-year-old wooden maul, or mallet, used by Egyptian craftsmen, had been stored in the wardrobe in Derbyshire to protect it from sunlight.It was originally discovered during World War Two in a cave near Cairo by a relative of…

Jordanian taekwondo player wins first gold medal for his country at the Olympic Games

Aug 20, 2016

Ahmad Abughaush won the men's -68kg taekwondo title to give Jordan a first medal at an Olympic Games.The 20-year-old had already knocked out second seed Dae-Hoon Lee of South Korea and defending champion Joel Bonilla Gonzalez on his…

Al-Serraj urges west to press Libya’s neighbouring countries into protecting joint borders

Aug 20, 2016

The Head of the Presidential Council of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Serraj, said Friday that the western countries should put pressure on Chad, Mali and Niger in order to have more security on the borders…

Kobler: 2.4 million people need urgent humanitarian aids in Libya

Aug 20, 2016

The UN delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, said on Friday that the World Humanitarian Day event serves as a strong reminder of the urgent need to address the worsening humanitarian situation across Libya.Kobler added that more than…

AFRICOM: Three airstrikes on IS in Sirte Thursday makes US total bombings 65

Aug 20, 2016

The US Command in Africa (AFRICOM) said the US warplanes have carried out 65 airstrikes until last Thursday when it bombed IS locations in Sirte three times.The US, which started bombarding IS in Sirte on August 1st under the…

US warplanes bomb Syria’s Hassakeh city, opens new destruction path in Syria

Aug 20, 2016

American fighter planes have been scrambled to the Syrian city of Hassakeh to protect US special forces on the ground from Syrian government aerial attacks, the US military says.The Pentagon said the Syrian planes were leaving as…

Jamaican Usain Bolt ends Rio Olympic presence with 9th gold medal

Aug 20, 2016

Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented 'triple triple' and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio.Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and is the only man to win all three sprint…

5 Syrians including children drowned off Libyan coast as boat bound to Europe capsized

Aug 20, 2016

Three Syrian children drowned along with three adults when a wooden boat trying to carry war refugees to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, a humanitarian rescue group said on Friday.The bodies of two girls, aged eight months…

Oil is being transferred from Zueitina terminal to Azzawiya refinery

Aug 18, 2016

The National Oil Corporation said an oil vessel from Greece "New Hellas" arrived Thursday in Zueitina oil terminal western Benghazi to start transfer 620 thousand oil barrels of oil from the depots in there to Azzawiya refinery in…

Libya’s crisis will be on the trilateral summit’s table in Italy

Aug 18, 2016

Sources in the Italian Prime Ministry said that the Italian PM Matteo Renzi had talked with the German chancellor Angelina Merkel and the French President François Hollande and viewed the Italian, German, French in the trilateral summit…

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