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GNA says it will present new cabinet to the HoR

Aug 24, 2016

Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) announced Wednesday that it will present a new Cabinet for approval by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives after it gave the GNA a vote of no confidence on Monday.In a…

Palestinian man beaten to death in West Bank prison

Aug 23, 2016

The Palestinian Authority (PA) says it has launched an investigation after a man was apparently beaten to death in a jail in the West Bank city of Nablus.Nablus Governor Akram Rajoub said Ahmed Halawa had been assaulted by…

Explosion and gunfire at the American University in Kabul

Aug 24, 2016

Gunfire and an explosion have been heard at the American University in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.Gunmen are believed to have attacked the building and special forces have been deployed.Student Ahmad Mukhtar told the…

US uses marine gunships in the fight against IS in Sirte

Aug 23, 2016

Fighting against the Islamic State group in Libya intensified this weekend as U.S. Marines flying AH-1W Cobra attack helicopters flew over the city of Sirte to provide close-air support for friendly militias on the ground.Between…

Ten Egyptians suffer severe injuries as gas cylinder blasts in their home

Aug 24, 2016

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said 10 Egyptian nationals had been severely injured when a cooking gas cylinder blew up in a house in Libya.Two of those injured in the blast, which took place at an eastern Tripoli district, are in a…

Libyan Investment Authority issue statement regarding the Interim Steering Committee

Aug 23, 2016

Mr Abdulmagid Breish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), takes note of the purported appointment by the Tobruk-based Board of Trustees of Mr Ali Shamekh as chief executive officer of the…

Earthquake has hit Myanmar, felt in Thailand, Bangladesh, India

Aug 24, 2016

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, and was felt in Thailand, Bangladesh and India, reports say.The quake struck 25km (15.5 miles) west of Chauk, at a depth of 84km, the US Geological Survey said.No casualties…

Libyan forces capture money, gold and arms in IS Hisbah building, Sirte

Aug 23, 2016

The Libyan forces of Al-Bunyan Al-Marsous found large amounts of gold, money, Tunisian currency, phone airtime cards and weapons at the Hisbah headquarters (Court) of IS terrorists in Sirte.This discovery of those sums of money and…

Conjoined twins born in Syria’s Aleppo die a month later

Aug 24, 2016

One-month-old conjoined twins who were evacuated from a besieged rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus have died, a medical charity says.Nawras and Moaz were joined at the chest, with hearts in the same sac.The…

House of Representatives rejects GNA’s cabinet

Aug 22, 2016

Tobruk-based House of Representatives voted on Monday against a motion of confidence in the Tripoli-based administration, in a rare session of the parliament based in the east of the country.Spokesman of the HoR, Abdallah Bilhig,…

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