TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Wednesday lifted force majeure on the terminals of Zueitina and Brega after almost four months of closure. In a statement, NOC said a tanker was allowed to carry condensate for use in power generation in Libya’s eastern region. Outgoing NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said negotiatio...
WASHINGTON (AA) – John Bolton, former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, has admitted that he was involved in planning coups in foreign countries. Bolton made the stunning revelation during an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper while discussing the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol building by Trump’s suppor...
Tunis, Tunisia – AFP A Tunisian opposition alliance has renewed calls for a boycott of the referendum due to be held on July 25 for a new constitution promoted by President Kais Saied. The draft constitution is the centrepiece of Saied’s programme to overhaul Tunisia’s political system, but rivals say the text confirms fears ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said Thursday it will boycott the referendum this month on a new version of the country’s constitution. Ennahda spokesman Emad al-Houmairi termed the July 25 referendum on the new constitution “illegitimate.” “Ennahda calls for boycotting the constitutional referendum and considers it ille...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) no longer has any Muslim legislator in the parliament as the tenure of its last Muslim legislator- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi- who also served as the country’s Minority Affairs Ministry, ended on Thursday. Naqvi, 64, who was a member of the Rajya Sabha or [&hel...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian authorities have frozen the financial assets of the head of Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi. Ghannouchi heads the Tunisian opposition and also served as the speaker of the dissolved Parliament. Nine other people have also been included in the list of those whose assets have been frozen. In a statement, the Financial [...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has issued a decree relieving the five civilian members of the ruling sovereign council of their duties. The decree, however, kept the five military members of the council and the three leaders of former rebel groups in their places, stopping short of a full […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – A Tunisian judge has summoned former Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi for investigation into “money laundering” accusations. According to Radio Mosaique, Ghannouchi will be questioned regarding suspicious financial transactions within the “Namaa Tounes” charity. Ghannouchi, the leader of the progressive Is...
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP) Sudan’s main civilian bloc has rejected a proposal by the country’s coup leader to make way for a civilian government as a “giant ruse” and urged more protests. Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, whose power grab last October derailed a transition to civilian rule, had vowed in a surprise m...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has said the ruling sovereign council will be dissolved after the formation of a new government. Al-Burhan said in a televised speech that the army will withdraw from the ongoing political talks and allow political and revolutionary groups to sit together to agree on [...
