TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libyan tribal leaders have suspended oil production amid a standoff over power in the war-torn country. In a social media video posted on Sunday, tribal leaders in southern Libya said they halted production at the El-Feel oilfield until Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh hands over power to the newly appointed government ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first commercial flight for Israel’s El Al carrier landed in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh from Tel Aviv, the Israeli airline said Sunday. El Al added in a statement that its subsidiary Sundor Airlines held a festive ceremony before the plane kicked off to Sharm el-Sheikh. According to [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan’s military will release political detainees to create a favorable atmosphere for dialogue in the country, according to the army chief. “We have started procedures to release political detainees within two or three days,” Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said in a statement. He said the move aims to “set the atmosphere ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian President Kais Saied has decried plans by lawmakers to form a “national salvation” government overseas as a “coup attempt”. “Those behind this attempt have not been arrested, and we have not demanded that,” Saied said in a video clip shared by the presidency during his Saturday meeting with Justice Mi...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has been accused of establishing its own “Guantanamo Bay” after it signed a deal with Rwanda to end human smuggling across the English Channel. Senior Tories, including former ministers David Davis, Andrew Mitchell and Simon Hoare, protested against the deal, saying it was like creating “a British G...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia government raised fuel prices on Thursday, for the third time this year, saying it was triggered by high crude oil prices. In a statement, the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy said the prices of gasoline and gas (diesel) rose by 5-10%. The ministry said the fuel price hike was […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – The death toll from Sunday’s attacks in Nigeria’s northern Plateau state has risen to 154, according to officials. Gunmen on motorbikes opened indiscriminate fire on shops and houses in Kanem region, Ya’u Abubakar, a senior councilor of the local government, told reporters on Wednesday. Confirming the fa...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Millions of refugees and displaced people in East Africa are facing a “desperate future” due to “conflict, climate shocks and COVID-19, combined with spiraling costs of food and fuel,” UN agencies have warned. Along with the number of refugees in need of support, the gap between resourcing and needs has also grown, [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ten people, including five foreign tourists, were killed in a bus crash in southern Egypt on Wednesday, according to local media. The accident occurred when a bus carrying tourists collided with a car on a highway between the southern city of Aswan and the famed Abu Simbel temple further south, Youm7 newspaper […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia and France on Tuesday discussed cooperation to protect young people against “violent extremism.” This came in talks between Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden and Gilles Kepel, the special envoy of French President Emmanuel Macron. During the discussions, Bouden stressed the state’s role in red...
