World News: Political News
Tripoli Revolutionaries' battalion renews pledges and loyalty to the martyrs.
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Tripoli, 27.01.2016(Lana) Members of Tripoli Revolutionaries' battalion renewed commitment and pledge to be loyal to the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for libya. In a statement last night they reaffirmed that Islam is the religion of the Libyan people, and Islamic sharia is the main and sole source of legislation and any law contradicting sharia deemed null and void. They also stressed that Libyan sovereignty will neither be compromised nor subject to negotiation, underlining that imposing a government by the international community is tantamount to occupation of... Read more
More Than 1200 Rescued off Libyan Coasts.
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Rome, 27 January 2106(Lana) Italian coast guard forces have rescued 1271 migrants in dinghy and wooden boats off the Libyan coast, as official said. The rescue operations were carried out by the Italian navy and the coast guard as well as a warship from Slovenia operating within the a EU maritime operation in the Mediterranean, the coast guard official said. Italy spearheaded a special mission of search and rescue of migrants boats, though the operation was halted and replaced by an extended EU operation as Europe faced the worst migration crisis since the World War. ... Read more
Algeria Closes Air Route Between Algeria and Tripoli.
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Algiers, 27 January 2016(Lana) Algerian Aviation authorities have decided to close the air route linking Algiers and the Libyan capital Tripoli as of Friday Jan 29 until further notice. The decision to close the route was taken following notification of Libyan authorities and the Libyan Air Lines, the Algerian Transport Ministry said in a statement. =... Read more
HoR delivers ten-day ultimatum to NAG.
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to reconsider the formed government. Tripoli, 26.01.2016(Lana) House of Representatives delivered a ten-day ultimatum to NAG to reconsider the formed National Accord Government, requesting the (NAG) to reduce the number of ministerial portfolios. According to a parliamentary source the HoR voted Monday for a non-confidence vote on the National Accord Government (NAG) by 87 out of 104 votes who attended the session. The HoR granted the Presidential Council ten days to amend the government. The new government formed by Faiz al-Saraj comprised 32 ministerial portfolios. ... Read more
Electricity Company: 700 megawatt lost from Benghazi, Zawitina, and western Sareer.
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Tripoli, 26.01.2016(Lana) Electricity Public Company attributed power disruption and increasing distribution of load for five hours to the loss of 700 megawatt from Benghazi, Zawitina, and western Sareer and halting gas supplies to Rawiss power plant. The company statement said due to grave damages to equipment and tools of the Electricity Public Company especially power cables and production stations due to armed clashes at the oil crescent region and south west Tripoli power, production deficit increased and failure in meeting demand in both the eastern and western... Read more