Libya
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EU allocates funds for child education, protection in Libya
Education | Aug 09, 2021, 05:19 PM ISTEuropean Union (EU) has allocated more than USD 1.6 billion for the protection and education of children in Libya.
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Libya, UNICEF sign working plan on protection of children
World | Aug 04, 2021, 01:06 PM ISTThe programme, which is expected to run up to Dec 31, 2022, will continue to ensure that community-based child protection, psychosocial, and reintegration services are available for boys and girls, the statement said on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.
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Libya imposes curfew due to COVID-19 surge
World | Jul 27, 2021, 02:57 PM ISTThe corona curfew will last for two weeks from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.
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Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha's motorcade attacked
World | Feb 21, 2021, 10:13 PM ISTThe motorcade of the interior minister of Libya’s U.N.-backed government came under attack on Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, officials said. Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashagha’s motorcade on a highway in Tripoli, wounding at least one of his guards, said Amin al-Hashmi, a spokesman for the Tripoli-based Health Ministry.
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8 mass graves found in western Libya
World | Jun 12, 2020, 10:52 AM ISTOn Wednesday, Interior Minister of the UN-backed government Fathi Bashagha had confirmed the discovery of the mass graves in Tarhuna. But he did not specify the exact number of graves.
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Libya Conflict: Ceasefire talks fail as rebel commander Haftar leaves Moscow without signing deal
World | Jan 14, 2020, 04:44 PM ISTAttempts to broker ceasefire between Libyan Government and rebels have not yielded results as rebel commander Khalifa Haftar left Moscow without signing the deal. Russia and Turkey were mediating between Libyan Government and rebels for a deal to establish a ceasefire. Iran's Press TV reported that General Khalifa Haftar left Moscow earlier on Tuesday.
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Atleast 28 dead in airstrike on military camp in Libyan capital
World | Jan 05, 2020, 10:37 AM ISTAt least 28 killed and about 37 injured after an airstrike slammed into a military academy in Libya’s capital, Tripoli on Saturday. According to the Libyan health authorities, most of them students. The wounded people were taken to nearby hospitals for urgent treatment.
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62 illegal immigrants deported by Libya to Chad and Sudan
World | Nov 18, 2019, 09:30 AM ISTLibya's Immigration Control Department in the eastern city of Benghazi announced the deportation of 62 illegal immigrants to Chad and Sudan
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Libyan official says airstrike kills 40 migrants in Tripoli
World | Jul 03, 2019, 06:30 AM ISTIn a statement, the U.N.-supported government blamed the self-styled Libyan National Army, led by commander Khalifa Hifter, for the airstrike. Libya is split between two warring governments and Hifter's forces control much of the country's east and south.
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'Six European Union states to take in migrants rescued off Libya'
World | Jun 04, 2019, 09:39 AM ISTPortugal will take 10 migrants while Ireland and Romania have said they will take five migrants each, the sources said.
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400 inmates escape prison in Libyan capital Tripoli
World | Sep 03, 2018, 09:37 AM ISTAin Zara since Monday has been witnessing violent clashes between the government forces and the so-called seventh brigade militias from the nearby city of Tarhuna.
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Bombings at mosque in Libya's Benghazi kill 2, injure 75
World | Feb 10, 2018, 12:00 AM ISTThe explosion took place just before Friday prayers at the Saad Ibn Ibada mosque located between Benghazi's al-Majouri and Berka districts, said Motaz Agouri, an official from Benghazi security directorate's media office.
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Twin car bombs kill at least 27, injure over 30 in east Libya city of Benghazi
World | Jan 24, 2018, 09:29 AM ISTLocal health official Hani Belras Ali said at least 27 people died had died so far and 32 were wounded. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings.
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Egypt’s President el-Sissi says Iraq, Syria militants headed to Libya
World | Nov 09, 2017, 06:10 PM ISTPresident Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi also said Egypt’s ongoing arms buildup was designed in part to equip the country to deal with terrorism and redress the “strategic imbalance” in the region created by conflict.
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US captures key militant involved in 2012 Benghazi attack
World | Oct 31, 2017, 06:59 AM ISTUS special operations forces have captured a militant who was instrumental in the 2012 attack on a US diplomatic compound in Benghazi.
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Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam released after more than 5 years of detention
World | Jun 11, 2017, 01:09 PM ISTSeif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said on Saturday.
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Egypt targets terrorist bases in Libya after attack on Coptic Christians kills 28
World | May 27, 2017, 07:02 AM ISTThe Egyptian army has launched intensive airstrikes against what it said were militant training bases in Libya after suspected Islamic State militants ambushed a bus that killed 28 Coptic Christians south of Cairo.
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Manchester attacker Salman Abedi's brother, father arrested in Libya
World | May 24, 2017, 11:36 PM ISTAccording to a local counter-terrorism force spokesperson, known as Rada, the person has been identified as Hashem Abedi, who was born in 1997.
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141 killed in south Libya airbase attack
World | May 20, 2017, 08:00 AM ISTAt least 141 people have been reportedly killed in an attack on an airbase in South Libya on Friday.
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US strikes in Libya kill more than 80 Islamic State terrorists
World | Jan 20, 2017, 08:11 AM ISTUS airstrikes have killed more than 80 terrorists from Islamic State at Sirte in Libya. According to the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter, some of these militants were believed to be actively plotting attacks in Europe.