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Tutankhamun’s dagger proved to be of meteoric origin

Jun 02, 2016

The iron in the blade of one of the knives found with the mummy of Tutankhamun comes from one of the many meteorites that fell on the Egyptian desert and are still easy to find today. The life of Tutankhamun continues to surprise and…

Suicide attack on a mosque in Lattakia, Syria

Jun 02, 2016

Two civilians were killed and four others were injured in a bomb suicide attack in al- Daatour neighborhood in Lattakia city.A source at Lattakia police command told local Syrian news agency, SANA reporter, that a "terrorist" on a…

Germany recognises Armenian genocide by Turks, Turkey recalls ambassador back to Ankara

Jun 02, 2016

The German Parliament overwhelmingly adopted a symbolic but fraught resolution on Thursday declaring the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 a genocide, escalating tensions with Turkey at a diplomatically delicate juncture.…

ISIS suicide attack kills 2, injures 12 from Misurata forces

Jun 02, 2016

Sources from the Albunyan Almarsous operations room led by Misurata forces said 2 of their forces were killed and 12 were wounded as an ISIS suicide attack hit them eastern the steam power plant near Sirte.This comes after the…

France and Germany face unexpected floods, France-held Euro 2016 at stake

Jun 02, 2016

France faced more torrential rain on Thursday after a week of storms that have killed nine people across northern Europe, submerging streets, closing schools and leaving people stranded on rooftops.Eight people have perished in…

UN urged to carry out aid airdrops to besieged Syrian cities

Jun 02, 2016

A Red Crescent aid worker inspects medical supplies after an airstrike on the rebel-held Tariq al-Bab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, April 30. Western countries have urged the U.N. to consider dropping aid to besieged parts of the…

Syrian Democratic Force blocks ISIS supply route in Manbij, Aleppo suburbs

Jun 02, 2016

The United States has launched a major operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) near the Turkish border with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with Turkish sources confirming that the Turkish military has not…

British Embassy soon to reopen in Tripoli, said Presidential Council Deputy

Jun 02, 2016

The Deputy Head of the Presidential Council (PC) of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), Abdelsalam Kajman, said the British Embassy is soon to reopen in Libya’s capital, Tripoli.Kajman added that he and the British…

At least 25 immigrants surfaced off Zuwara shores

Jun 02, 2016

An official at the Libyan Red Crescent said sea waves drifted Thursday morning at least 25 bodies of illegal immigrants who were trying, as it were, to make their journey to Europe on death boats across the Mediterranean.The…

Al-Serraj urges for a meeting combining Tripoli and Bayda CBLs to solve cash crisis

Jun 02, 2016

The Head of the Presidential Council of the UN-backed Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Serraj, requested a meeting with both governors of the Central Bank of Libya, the Tripoli-based one and its parallel one in Bayda to discuss…

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