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Libya Revives Cannon Salute to Break Ramadan Fast

The blast of a cannon booms across Tripoli, but it doesn't signal another round of fighting in the Libyan capital -- rather, the revival of a long-lost Ramadan tradition. Officers in berets rolled out a red carpet on the iconic Martyrs' Square on Thursday for the 600-year-old weapon, setting of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US says Tunisia president weakened checks and balances

Tunisian President Kais Saied has caused "enormous concern" about where Tunisia is headed with moves that have weakened democratic checks and balances, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf said on Thursday.

Reuters

IAEA Team Inspects Uranium Storage Site South Libya

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived Tuesday in southern Libya to inspect a natural uranium storage site containing 6,400 barrels, Fawasel media reported. The site said the IAEA team arrived in Sabha airport in southern Libya coming from Vienna. “The team left Libya after completing the…

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Blinken Says US ‘Actively’ Working to Re-Establish Diplomatic Presence in Libya

The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he declined to provide an exact time on when the US embassy can be reopened. Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted…

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Blinken says U.S. 'actively' working to re-establish diplomatic presence in Libya

The United States is "actively" working on re-establishing a diplomatic presence in Libya, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, although he declined to provide an exact time on when the U.S. embassy can be reopened.

Reuters

In Niger, migrant footballers strike joy but field Europe dreams

Agadez, previously a major migration route before smuggling was criminalised in Niger, is home to many footballers.

Al Jazeera

Security Patrols Crack Down on Smugglers in South Libya Desert

A security force in western Libya pledged to crack down on gangs smuggling fuel and weapons and trafficking illegal migrants. It said it will deploy more patrols to track them in the southwestern desert and combat their activities “that are undermining national security”. Libya suffers from the widespread smuggling of…

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Turkish FM: Sisi, Erdogan Meeting Was a Turning Point for Normalization of Ties

Turkiye’s foreign minister confirmed that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi last December in Doha had offered a main turning point in the course of normalizing relations between Ankara and Cairo. Speaking to the Turkish press on Monday, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that his recent…

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Libya: Reports Emerge About Security Cooperation between Haftar, Dbeibeh

The Libyan National Army (LNA), led by Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and the head of the interim unity government, Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, are having "undisclosed" understandings to coordinate security and military cooperation ahead of the postponed presidential and parliamentary elections, according to informed sources. The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the…

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Top Egypt, Turkey diplomats hold first Cairo talks in a decade

Diplomatic relations to be upgraded to ambassador level ‘as soon as possible’, say foreign ministers.

Al Jazeera

Libya: LNA Says it Found Missing Uranium

The Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar said on Thursday that 10 drums of uranium declared missing by the UN nuclear watchdog had been found near the warehouse they were taken from in southern Libya. The IAEA said in a confidential statement to member states seen by Reuters that…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Explainer-Everything to know about nuclear fuel uranium

Eastern Libyan forces said on Thursday that 10 drums of uranium declared missing by the U.N. nuclear watchdog had been found near the warehouse they were taken from in southern Libya.

Reuters

Nuclear inspectors discover tonnes of uranium missing from Libya

Some 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya that is not under government control have gone missing say UN nuclear watchdog inspectors, raising concerns about nuclear safety.

Radio France Internationale

Libyan general says 2.5 tonnes of missing uranium found near storage base

UN nuclear watchdog raised alarm hours earlier amid concerns about radiological and security risks

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2.5 tons of uranium have gone missing from site in Libya, says UN watchdog

About 2.5 tons of uranium have gone missing from a site in Libya, according to UN nuclear watchdog inspectors.

Al Jazeera

UN says tonnes of uranium missing from Libyan site: Reports

UN nuclear agency IAEA says missing uranium stockpile poses possible radiological risk and security concerns.

Reuters

Exclusive-Tons of uranium missing from Libyan site, IAEA tells member states

U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libya Announces Arrangements to Reopen Iranian Embassy in Tripoli

The Libyan Foreign and International Cooperation Ministry of Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s interim Government of National Unity (GNU) announced on Sunday that efforts are underway to resume the work of the Iranian embassy in the capital, Tripoli. Foreign and International Cooperation Minister Najla Al-Mangoush met with Iran's ambassador to Libya, Mohamed Reza,…

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Thirty Migrants Missing in Shipwreck off Libya, Charity Blames Italy

Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were traveling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coast guard said. The tragedy comes just weeks after a Feb.

The New Daily

Dozens missing in Mediterranean after boat capsizes

A search and rescue operation is under way for dozens of people missing after a migrant boat en route to Italy from Libya capsized in the central Mediterranean.

Daily Mirror

Thirty people dead after boat carrying nearly 50 migrants capsizes in bad weather

The boat reported to be carrying 47 people had capsized 110 miles (176km) north-west of Benghazi, Libya resulting in the death of 30 passengers

Reuters

Thirty migrants missing in shipwreck off Libya, charity blames Italy

Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coastguard said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy Fears Huge Numbers of Migrants Might Sail from Libya

Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday. Tommaso Foti, the lower parliamentary house whip for the Brothers of Italy Party, told television channel Tgcom24 the Italian secret services…

The Independent UK

Italy fears huge numbers of migrants might sail from Libya

An Italian lawmaker says intelligence reports indicate 680,000 migrants in Libya are awaiting an opportunity to set out in smugglers' boats toward Italy

Asharq Al-Awsat

Libyan Elections Are Possible This Year, UN Envoy Says

UN Libya envoy Abdoulaye Bathily said on Saturday that if a clear road map and electoral laws are in put in place by June, national elections could be held by the end of the year. A political process to resolve more than a decade of conflict in Libya has been…

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