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Unconfirmed reports about arrest of Tunisian IS leader Abu Nassim in Zintan

Aug 18, 2016

According to unconfirmed Libyan sources, the Zintani forces allied with Dignity Operation, led by Khalifa Haftar, arrested Abu Nassim Fezzani, who was proclaimed Tunisia’s most wanted terrorist in February, and some 20 other IS…

Libyan forces kill three IS suicide bombers after two car bomb blasts in Sirte

Aug 18, 2016

The media bureau of the military operation of the UN-backed Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord, Al-Bunayn Al-Marsou said two car bombs were exploded Thursday by the IS militants in Sirte attempting to repossess…

Photo of injured boy by Russian airstrikes on Aleppo sparks outrage

Aug 18, 2016

Syrian activists have released striking pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of Aleppo.Video and photos of the boy sitting dazed and bloodied in an ambulance were…

US abandons long-time CIA asset Khalifa Haftar, brands him as spoiler

Aug 18, 2016

As the US war in Libya moves into its third week, officials and analysts are seeing a lot of problems with their plans, but perhaps the biggest problem is one of their own creation, the Libyan leader and long-time CIA asset Gen. Khalifa…

Libya’s Football League to enter finals

Aug 17, 2016

The teams of Al-Ahli and Al-Naser from the eastern region's group 1 have qualified to the five-team final round of the Libyan Football League with 18 points and 17 points respectively as the first and second top teams.In the second…

Tens of injuries in a train hit a tree in southern France

Aug 17, 2016

Dozens of people were hurt, eight of them seriously, when a regional train hit a tree uprooted during a hailstorm in the south of France.Witnesses said one passenger had been thrown out of the train by the force of the crash, at…

Libyan forces foil IS suicide car bombs, advance into final positions in Sirte

Aug 17, 2016

IS militants in Sirte have carried out nine suicide bombings in one day in a failed bid to hold a central district of Sirte, pro-government forces said Wednesday.The attacks on Tuesday in the coastal city left 10 pro-government…

Militants cell killed in Moscow by Russian special forces

Aug 17, 2016

A special forces raid in St Petersburg and an attack by gunmen near Moscow have left at least six suspected militants dead, officials say.Four were killed at a block of flats in St Petersburg, as special forces searched for North…

Top North Korean diplomat defects to South Korea

Aug 17, 2016

A top North Korean diplomat who disappeared from the country's embassy in London has defected to South Korea, officials in Seoul have confirmed.Thae Yong-ho and his family are under the government's protection, a South Korean…

Viruses are more dangerous to health in the morning

Aug 17, 2016

Viruses are more dangerous when they infect their victims in the morning, a University of Cambridge study suggests.The findings, published in PNAS, showed viruses were 10 times more successful if the infection started in the…

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