World News: Political News
Libya's Pilgrimage Mission Dismisses Reports of Deaths Among Libya Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
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Riyadh, 6 August 2018(Lana) The Chair of Logistics Committee at Libyan Hajj Mission Abdul Razag Al Gharyani has dismissed reports deaths among Libyan pilgrims in Saudi Arabia. In statements to Sputnik, Al Gharyani dismissed reports circulated in the media about the death of 4 Libyan pilgrims in the last days, saying all pilgrims who arrived in the kingdom were doing well. He said the reception and accommodation of the pilgrims at the sites were going on smoothly, refuting reports in some Libyan websites that Libyan elderly pilgrims have died because they had no ... Read more
Stephaney Williams Meets First Deputy to Speaker of Parliament.
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Tripoli, 6 August 2018(Lana) the Deputy UN Special Envoy to Libya Stephaney Williams on Sunday met the First Deputy to the Speaker of Parliament Fawzi Al Nweiri. According to UNSMIL the meeting dealt with the latest developments in Libya and ways of ending the crisis in the country. =... Read more
Cabinet Secretary Hold Meeting With Directors of LANA and Other Media Bosses.
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Tripoli, 5 August 2018(Lana) The Cabinet Secretary General Al Tahe Al Jheimi on Sunday afternoon held an extended meeting with the Administrative Director of the Public Information Authority and the Directors of the Libyan News Agency, the National Television Channel and the Official Television Channel. The meeting centered on the difficulties facing these institutions and ways of overcoming them. The Director of the Libyan News Agency Al Aref Byouk said at the meeting Lana faced a series of problems which shackled its performance and its contribution to coverage of... Read more
Rescue Ship to Resume Patrol in the Mediterranean off Coast of Libya.
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Rome, 5 August 2018(Lana) Non-government organisations SOS and Doctors Without Borders have announced that the migrant rescue ship Aquarius would resume patrolling the Mediterranean Sea off the coat of Libya. The humanitarian groups were reported by the US ABC network as saying their duty was to rescue migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya and to stop migrants from dying at the Sea, even if Italy's new government has banned foreign NGO ships from docking or refueling in Italian ports this summer. Aquarius was a subject of a diplomatic row between Italy and Malta in... Read more
African Migrants Repatriated to Their Country From Mi'tiga.
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Tripoli, 5 August 2018(Lana) The Anti- Illegal Migration Body has announced that it had organized the repatriation of 164 illegal migrants from Nigeria to their country through the Mi'tiga Inter. Airport. The Body's Tripoli Branch Information office said the voluntarily repatriation took place on Thursday in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration IOM. =... Read more