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Libyan forces appointed by the U.N.-backed government have been shelling and carrying out air strikes on the center of Sirte city in a siege of Islamic State militants there, an official said on Tuesday.Militants defending Islamic…

Two Italian commuter trains collided Tuesday in the southern region of Puglia, killing at least 20 people, the president of the southern Italian province said.Dozens of others were injured when the two trains, each with four cars,…

An international tribunal has ruled against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea, backing a case brought by the Philippines.The Permanent Court of Arbitration said there was no evidence that China had historically…

The forces of Dignity Operation (Karama) led by Khalifa Haftar, pulled out of the Chinese Building neighbourhood in down town Benghazi, sources close to Benghazi Shura Council reported.The sources, who asked to remain unidentified,…

Six Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bombers have delivered massive airstrikes against a major Islamic State camp and ammunition depots in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry says. The aircraft flew from Russia and returned home after the…

Residents of Sooq Al-Jumuwa in Tripoli have took to the streets in protest of lack of cash at the banks and long hours of power outages.Libyan News sources said the protesters blocked the main roads and chanted anger words at the…

A mass grave and secret prison used to abuse hostages captured by ISIS has been unearthed in Libya. Seven bodies found in a mass grave on farmland in the west of Sirte, ISIS stronghold in Libya. Three prisoners said to have been found…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) is seeking to reopen oil ports and restore crude output as the fractured OPEC nation struggles to reunite after five years of civil strife, according to its chairman.Four ports accounting for…

The UN delegate to Libya, Martin Kobler, expressed excitement about the moving of the Presidential Council from Tripoli Navy Base in Abu Sitta to the official Prime Ministry headquarters in Al-Sikka (Railway) Road in Tripoli.Kobler…

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir say at least 30 people have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces following the shooting of a well-known militant leader.Burhan Wani, 22, died in a gunfight with the…