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Donald Trump says US might not defend NATO allies if he was the President

Jul 21, 2016

The US may not come to the aid of its Nato allies under attack if Donald Trump becomes president because domestic issues in America must be given priority, the Republican hopeful has said.Mr Trump's remarks are at odds with Nato’s…

21 migrants drowned off Libyan coast, hundreds rescued

Jul 21, 2016

The bodies of 21 women and one man have been found "in a pool of fuel" at the bottom of a rubber dinghy adrift near the Libyan coast, just hours after they had set sail for Italy, according to the humanitarian group Doctors Without…

Turkey suspends EU Convention on Human Rights

Jul 21, 2016

Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup.Deputy prime minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Thursday that Turkey would follow the example…

Libyan female Olympic swimmer in Rio 2016 to defy stereotypes

Jul 21, 2016

Few Libyan women would wear a swimming costume in public, but Daniah Hagul wants to help change a conservative society when she competes at the Rio Olympics.In Libya "a significant number of boys but hardly any other girls swim, so…

Odour of hens can protect humans against malaria, research says

Jul 21, 2016

The smell from a live chicken could help protect against malaria, researchers have found.Ethiopian and Swedish scientists discovered that malarial mosquitoes tend to avoid chickens and other birds.The experiments, conducted in…

LAPAC files lawsuit at ICC over stolen Libyan oil

Jul 21, 2016

The Libyan American Public Affairs Center (LAPAC) said it had filed a lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against whom it described the figures who shut down Libya's oil production and committed a crime by trapping Libyans…

US and allies map out final eradication of ISIS

Jul 21, 2016

The US and its allies in the coalition against so-called Islamic State (IS) have agreed on a strategy to defeat the group, US Defence Secretary Ash Carter has said.They will corner the militants in their bastions of Raqqa, in Syria,…

Russian athletes banned from Rio Olympics 2016

Jul 21, 2016

A decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio 2016 over the country's alleged state-sponsored doping regime has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Russia's athletics federation was suspended by the…

Fire engulfs Dubai skyscrapers, no casualties reported

Jul 20, 2016

A fire has engulfed more than 30 storeys of a residential skyscraper in Dubai, but there are no reports of any casualties.Firefighters tackled the blaze at the 75-storey Sulafa tower in the built-up Marina district, while burning…

Libyans march to streets to decry France’s intervention in Benghazi

Jul 20, 2016

Massive numbers of Libyans took to the public squares in Tripoli and Misurata as well as other cities to condemn in the strongest terms the French intervention in Libya by backing up Dignity Operation forces in the east of Libya, led by…

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