UN-recognised government in Tripoli says forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar are behind the deadly barrage. Rocket fire on the Libyan capital has killed at least five civilians, the UN-recognised government has said, blaming rival forces of renegade commander Khalifa Haftar for the attack. “Five civilians were killed and 12 wounded” when five rockets crashed […]

DUBAI (AFP) – Dubai announced on Sunday (June 21) it would allow tourists back in the Gulf city state from July 7 after a closure of more than three months to contain the coronavirus. “Dubai to welcome tourists from July 7,” the emirate’s media centre said, quoting the Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management. […]

CAIRO (REUTERS) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday (June 20) ordered his army to be ready to carry out any mission inside or outside the country amid tensions over regional rival Turkey’s intervention in neighbouring Libya. He also warned forces loyal to the internationally recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli not […]

GNA’s foreign minister says meeting would ‘merely deepen the rift’ between Arab governments on the conflict. Libya’s UN-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) has said it will boycott talks on the conflict in the North African country to be held by Arab League foreign ministers next week. Foreign minister Mohamed Taher Siala told the bloc’s […]

Ankara says mission turned a blind eye to weapons sent to Khalifa Haftar, who fights against Turkey-backed GNA. Turkey has criticised a European Union’s naval mission aimed at halting arms shipments to Libya as “not objective”, a day after NATO said it would investigate an incident in the Mediterranean involving Turkish and French ships. Named […]

UN’s nuclear agency suspects Iran is ‘sanitising’ two sites where it has stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The head of the United Nations’s atomic watchdog agency has said Iran must provide inspectors “prompt access” to two sites where the country is thought to have stored or used undeclared nuclear material. Speaking after a meeting […]

Algeria, which has adopted a neutral stance on the Libyan conflict, says it rejects military intervention. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has said his country’s position on the situation in Libya is to reject military action and to keep a distance from all the parties involved in the crisis. In a press interview, Tebboune said Algeria […]

Muyesser Yildiz of OdaTV arrested for ‘political and military espionage’ over stories on Turkey’s involvement in Libya. A Turkish court has jailed a prominent journalist from an opposition news outlet pending trial on accusations that she revealed state secrets in two articles about the country’s military involvement in Libya, according to state media and her […]

Family of Ahmad Oweidi al-Abbadi, 75, calls for his release following his arrest last week in the capital, Amman. Authorities in Jordan have arrested a former member of parliament and royal critic on various charges, including “assaulting the king and the queen”, according to his family and lawyer. Relatives said Ahmad Oweidi al-Abbadi, 75, was arrested on June […]

Two decades of Israeli-US police cooperation includes training in racial profiling and violent suppression of protests. Fast Facts     Following the killing of George Floyd, as US riot police fired rubber-coated bullets, tear gas canisters, pepper spray and stun grenades at protesters, Palestinians shared tips on social media on how to best deal with the assaults. […]