World News: Political News
Libya expects to produce one million barrels of oil after lifting force majeure by august.
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Vienna, 04.06.2015 - (Lana) - The president of the Oil National Corporation 'ONC' 'Mustafa Sona'a-Allah' , expected that Libya production of oil will reach a one million barrels per day , within a month from lifting the force majeure in July or August. ONC president , in a statement in Vienna today Thursday , said that Libya's current production is about 400 - 500 thousand barrels per day. Its noteworthy , that the ONC had announced the state of force majeure , on shipments from Ras-Lanoof and the nearby Sidra port , last December. =... Read more
FAO: The Near East and North Africa Only Region With Higher Undernourishment.
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Cairo, 4 June 2105(Lana) Conflicts and protracted crises in the Near East and North Africa mean the region is the only region to have seen its overall prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) increase from the level of a quarter of a century ago, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Wednesday. 'We should commend the 15 countries in the region that have achieved the Millennium Development Goal hunger target of halving the proportion of people suffering from undernourishment or keeping it below 5 percent. These include: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran (Islamic Republic of),... Read more
Effort to Secure Security Council Resolution on EU Migrant Plan Paused.
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United Nations, 4 June 2015(Lana) Efforts to Prepare a draft of a UN Security Council resolution to authorize a European mission against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean 'has been suspended until the issue of the consent of the Libyan authorities has been resolved,' a diplomat of the UN Security Council told ANSA on Wednesday. 'Rregarding implementation, cooperation is necessary from all parties in the country'; and the Libyan government [in Tobruk] can not give authorization because it does not control the whole territory, the same source said. The U.N.... Read more
Israeli Warplanes Carry out 3 Raids on Gaza Strip.
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Gaza City, 4 June 2015(Lana) Israeli warplanes launched 3 strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip early on Thursday after rockets were fired from the strip towards southern Israel, Palestinian and eyewitnesses sources said. The first raid targeted a training area of Al Qassam brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas north of Gaza city, the second targeted training post of the same group east of Gaza, the sources said. The third raid targeted an open space west of Khan Younis south of Gaza, the sources said adding that no casualties were... Read more
Jufra Shura and Wise men Council calls for settling difference and unifying ranks for stability of Libya.
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Hun, 03.05.2015(Lana) Jufra Shura and Wise men Council have denounced Dafinya bombing which left five people dead and injuring 6 others. The Council called for settling difference and unifying ranks for security and stability of Libya, underlining its readiness to exert efforts to support any dialogue among the one Libyan people to establish security and stability across the country. =.... Read more