World News: Political News
Libya ISIS Capabilities Will not Return to Pre-2016 Levels.
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Washington, 16 October 2019(Lana) US Army times Newspaper quoted a Defence Department official as saying 'the air raid carried out against ISIS positions in Libya has weakened the organisation and it is not likely that its camps inside Libya will return to pre-2016 levels.' The official who asked not to be identified referred to 4 air raids by the US forces in the last weeks which killed nearly third of ISIS camp in Libya, namely 43 fighters while nearly 100 still there. The official said the Americans however, concentrate on a political solution to the ongoing conflict in... Read more
Food & Drug Control centre convenes workshop on improving olive oil quality.
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Tripoli, 16 October 2019 (Lana) Food & Drug Control centre convened Tuesday a workshop on improving local olive oil quality. The workshop discussed alleviating problems and difficulties encountering olive trees, their production and quality improvement and issues encountering relevant engineers and specialists. The workshop was attended by teaching staff of Faculty of Agriculture at Tripoli University, staff of Agriculture and Animal Research centre, Olive Trees research centre and other relevant entities. =... Read more
EU Mission to Libya Calls for End to Fighting and Return to Political Talks.
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Tripoli, 16 October 2019(Lana) The European Union's Mission to Libya has renewed a call to all Libyan parties to immediately halt fighting and return to political talks, saying the Libyan crisis cannot be resolved militarily. In a statement published on its website on Tuesday, the Mission said 'there is no military solution to the Libyan crisis, therefore all parties have to halt combat operations immediately, and return to UN-led political talks.' It expressed EU strong support for the work of the UN Special Envoy Ghasan Salame, calling on the international community to... Read more
Minister of Employment and Rehabilitation meets with head of IOM.
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Tripoli, 16 October 2019 (Lana) Minister of Employment and Rehabilitation, Al Mehdi Al Ammen met today with head of International Organization for Migration (IOM). According to the official website of the ministry the meeting covered prospects of collaboration to organize illegal immigrants. They also discussed the outcome of bilateral meetings held recently to rally efforts in the field of rostering and organizing of immigrants. =... Read more
Coast Guard rescues 90 migrants north of Khomous.
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Tripoli, 16 October 2019 (Lana) Navy Coast Guard rescued 90 migrants including 7 women found struggling waves on board and inflated boat 95 miles north of Khomus.Navy media office said the migrants belong to various African nationalities. The rescued immigrants were offered medical and humanitarian assistance awaiting transfer to a detention centre. =... Read more