Geneva, Switzerland – AFP/AA The death toll from floods in eastern Libya is expected to soar dramatically, with 10,000 people reported missing, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday. Officials in Libya have said at least 150 people were killed in the flooding in Libya after storm Daniel swept the Mediterranean, lashing Turkey, Bulgaria and Gre...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The head of Libya’s Tripoli-based unity government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, has declared three days of national mourning for the victims of deadly floods that have ravaged the North African country. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Tripoli, Dbeibeh said flags will be flown at half-staff on all public buildings duri...
ANKARA (AA) – Muslim countries in the Middle East have shown solidarity with Morocco following a powerful earthquake that killed hundreds. More than a thousand people were killed when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the North African country late Friday. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the earthquake, which h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his ministers to get approval from his office before publicizing secret diplomatic meetings. The move came two days after the controversial first-ever meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush, held in Rome last week, ma...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first-ever public meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya was coordinated at the highest level, Israeli officials have claimed. The meeting took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he had met with his Libyan counter...
ANKARA (AA) – The French Embassy in Libya has denied media reports about participation in military operations in Libya. The denial came one day after forces of East Libya-based warlord Khalifa Haftar launched a military offensive near the border with Chad. “The French Embassy in Libya denies the false information circulated by some media outle...
Tripoli, Libya – AFP Libyan authorities on Monday repatriated 161 Nigerians, officials said, part of a UN-backed voluntary return scheme as some North African countries see a spike in irregular migration. The group, including 75 women and six children, received food and drinks from International Organization for Migration staff at Mitiga...
TRIPOLI (AA) – Libya’s central bank on Sunday announced its reunification after being split into two for nearly a decade due to the country’s long-running civil war. The bank in a statement said it has become a “unified sovereign institution” after a meeting in the capital Tripoli between central bank governor Saddek El Kaber and [...
