World News: Political News
Russian UN Mission Calls for Halt of escalation in Libya.
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New York, 13 August 2020(Lana) The Russian UN Mission has called halt of hostilities in Libya and restoration of state institutions. The Mission said in a tweet that it was in contact with all parties in Libya, and said there was a need to halt all hostile acts and restore the state institutions including the security ones. Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov said the objective of resolving the Libyan crisis was to restore the state and its sovereignty. =... Read more
IMO: Libyan Coast Guard Intercepted 6989 Persons in the Sea Since the Beginning of the Year.
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Tripoli, 13 August 2020(Lana) The International Migration Organisation has disclosed that the number of migrants intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard and returned to the country has reached 6989 since the beginning of the year. In most cases those returned are sent to detention centres, IOM said on its Twitter account on Wednesday, indicating that 141 migrants were intercepted during the period 4-9 August. On Tuesday the SEA Watch and Medicines Sans Frontier have announced that rescue operations towards the Libyan coast would be resumed this month. =... Read more
NDCC Appeals to Covid 19 Recoveries to Donate Blood Plasma to help Patients Inflicted With the Virus.
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Tripoli, 13 August 2020(Lana) The National Disease Control Centre has appealed to those who have recovered from the CoronaVirus infections to come forward to donate blood plasma to help those in need for it. In a release posted to its SMS page, the NDCC said 'donating blood plasma by those who recover from the infection has never been so urgent, to help the increasing number of new cases.' The Centre said 'those willing to donate can contact the Tripoli Blood Bank and the Tripoli University Centre. =... Read more
Italian Consulate in Tripoli Ready to Give Businessmen all Facilities.
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Tripoli, 13 August 2020(Lana) The Italian Consulate in Tripoli has announced that it was ready to provide all facilities to Libyan businessmen, traders and companies regarding travel and custom measures and to cooperate in the area of Italian investments in Libya. this came at a meeting held at the Trade and Commerce Chamber in Tripoli, attended by the Chairman of the Chamber and the Italian Commercial Attaché at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was also attended by a number of Trade Chamber members, businessmen and companies CEOs. =... Read more
NCDC : 309 New CornaVirus Cases Registered in Libya Over the Last 24 Hours.
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Tripoli, 13 August 2020(Lana) The Director of the National Disease Control Centre Badr Iddin Al Najjar said 309 new CoronaVirus cases and 38 recoveries have been registered in Libya over the last 24 hours. The NCDC said it received 2672 samples for testing, of which 2363 were negative and 309 positive. The National Disease Control Centre said the samples 899 tested at the Community Healthcare Lab in Tripoli, 103 at the Zletin central Reference Lab, 93 samples at the NCDC branch in Al Zawiya, 55 at the Health Control Lab at the border crossing of Msaad, 136 the National ... Read more