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The Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera" revealed, on Saturday, that the intelligence bodies of the Government of National Accord (GNA), during a raid on a stronghold of ISIS in Sirte area - Ouagadougou Conference Halls Complex -…

Kurdish forces in Iraq say they have captured several villages near Mosul from the self-styled Islamic State (IS) group, the last major city the militants hold in the country.The offensive began at dawn on Sunday, backed by…

A 34-year-old woman who was injured in an attack by a knifeman on a Swiss train has died in hospital, police say.The attacker, a 27-year-old Swiss man, also died on Sunday, they said.Five other people were hurt when the man set…

The Libyan forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous military operation in Sirte have announced that they foiled an attempt by IS militants to explode two booby-trapped vehicles in the positions they control in Sirte.This comes as the media…

The Turkish delegate to Libya and vice prime minister, Emrullah İşler, negated his country’s interst in meddling into Libya’s internal affairs saying Turkey sees the dialogue and political agreement as the only way out of the current…

Speaking to Correiere della Sera on Thursday, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said the Prime Minister Matteo Renzi had nominated Giuseppe Perrone to head the Italian embassy in Tripoli.Gentiloni said the embassy in Tripoli…

An imam and a second man were killed after a gunman opened fire close to a New York mosque. Local residents claimed it was a targeted shooting and reports said police were investigating it as a possible hate crime.The New York Daily…

The Deputy Head of the Presidential Council of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Abdel Salam Kajman said attacking civilians in Ganfudah whether by airstrikes or any other way is rejected even if there is a conflict in…

Libya's plans to increase oil output to reach 1 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of the year will remain out of reach until the government allocates funds to repair the damage to oil infrastructure, the National Oil Corp's chief…