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IOM Reports 60 Migrants Missing in Two Deadly Shipwrecks off Libya
IOM - UN Migration
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June 17, 2025
Cairo/Tripoli, 17 June 2025 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is deeply saddened by two confirmed shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in recent days, with at least 60 people feared missing at sea, according to IOM’s search and...
158 undocumented Bangladeshis return from Libya
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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A total of 158 undocumented Bangladeshis, detained at the Tajoura Detention Centre in Libya, were repatriated to Bangladesh early Tuesday. A chartered Buraq Air flight-UZ 0222 carrying the nationals landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport...
158 more irregular Bangladeshi migrants repatriated from Libya
The Business Standard
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June 17, 2025
A total of 158 irregular Bangladeshi migrants from Libya were repatriated early this morning (17 June) with joint support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment, the Embassy of Bangladesh...
How Trump's travel ban could disrupt the way knowledge about health is shared
Little Rock Public Radio - Arkansas
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June 17, 2025
Abdul-Rahman Edward Koroma was supposed to be in New York last week. For months, the disability rights activist from Sierra Leone had been looking forward to his trip to the United Nations session. He had a busy schedule of meetings and official...
Libya’s engineered collapse: How oil, militias, and foreign powers hijacked the state
Weekly Blitz
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June 16, 2025
Libya’s engineered collapse: How oil, militias, and foreign powers hijacked the state More than a decade has passed since the 2011 uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, yet instead of blossoming into a stable democracy or even a...
Libya's Alahli Tripoli Crowned 2025 Basketball Africa League Champions
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) First-Time Participant Alahli Tripoli Wins Libya's First BAL Title Alahli Tripoli Forward Jean Jacques Boissy Named 2025 BAL Most Valuable Player Record 141,564 Fans Attended BAL Games This Season Libya's Alahli Tripoli today...
635 migrants intercepted off Libyan coast over past week: IOM
The Malaysian Star
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June 16, 2025
TRIPOLI, June 16 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 635 migrants were intercepted at sea off the coast of Libya in the past week while attempting to reach Europe. The migrants include 32 women and 20...
North African convoy for Gaza reports mistreatment in eastern Libya by Haftar forces
Middle East Eye
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June 16, 2025
A North African aid convoy that departed from Tunisia to break the Israeli siege of Gaza has reported that its activists were mistreated and arrested in eastern Libya during the weekend. The "Sumud" convoy departed from Tunis on 9 June, consisting...
Gaza Convoy Retreats to West Libya After Eastern Blockade
News Central TV
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June 16, 2025
Pro-Palestinian activists aiming to break the blockade on Gaza have been forced to retreat to western Libya after their convoy was blocked by authorities in the country’s east, organisers confirmed on Sunday. The group, known as the “Soumoud”...
Libya’s economic reality: limited resources, liquidity challenges, inflation, and need for monetary base restructuring – Husni Bey
Libya Herald
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June 15, 2025
Leading Libyan businessman Husni Bey told Libya Herald that the economic reality in Libya is limited resources, liquidity challenges, inflation, and the need for immediate monetary base restructuring. He said Libya is a country suffering from...
93 undocumented migrants rescued off Libya's eastern coast
Xinhua News Agency
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TRIPOLI, June 15 (Xinhua) -- A total of 93 undocumented migrants were rescued off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk on Sunday morning, according to a statement from the Tobruk Medical Center. The migrants, identified as Egyptian and...
Gaza marchers retreat to west Libya after being blocked
Times of Malta
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June 15, 2025
Pro-Palestinian activists on a march aiming to break Israel's Gaza blockade have retreated to the Misrata region of western Libya after being blocked by the authorities in the country's east, organisers said Sunday. The "Soumoud" convoy – meaning...
New York, Cairo and Libya
Renew America
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By Michael Bresciani September 20, 2012 PC, tolerance and diversity is rapidly approaching critical mass as seen in the headlines this week. In Libya, Cairo and throughout the Muslim nations, protests have taken lives and destroyed property, but...
Soumoud Caravan retreats to Misrata area in Libya
Middle East Eye
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June 15, 2025
A solidarity caravan for Gaza that set off from Tunisia has retreated near Misrata in western Libya after being blocked by eastern Libyan authorities, who arrested 13 participants, organisers said Sunday. The Soumoud Caravan, meaning "resistance"...
Gaza marchers aiming to break Israel's blockade retreat to west Libya after being blocked
The Journal
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June 15, 2025
PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS ON a march aiming to break Israel’s Gaza blockade have retreated to the Misrata region of western Libya after being blocked by the authorities in the country’s east, organisers said Sunday. The “Soumoud” convoy – meaning...
Libya Denies Contact with Egypt Over Pro-Palestine Aid Convoy
News Central TV
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June 14, 2025
Libya’s eastern-based administration has dismissed reports that it engaged in official coordination with Egypt over the Maghreb “Caravan of Steadfastness” convoy, which is attempting to reach Gaza via the shared land border. Abdulhadi Al-Hweij,...
EditorialHow the UAE is cutting back on red tape with high tech
The National News
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Applying for a visa, obtaining a driving licence, renting a property or signing up for health insurance … what is sometimes called “personal admin” – or more pejoratively, “red tape” – can be a time-consuming part of modern life. Most people,...
Sudan Nashra: War spills into Sudan-Egypt-Libya border triangle | RSF shells Obeid following threats | Fasher, camps hit again | Surge in Cholera, mass graves in Khartoum
Mada Masr
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June 14, 2025
Since Wednesday, Sudan’s war has extended into the far northwest, spilling into the border triangle between Sudan, Egypt and Libya as the Rapid Support Forces seized the area following the Sudanese military’s withdrawal. The Sudanese Armed Forces...
Libya denies claims of official contact with Egypt over ‘Convoy of Steadfastness’
Middle East Monitor
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June 12, 2025
Abdulhadi Al-Hweij, foreign minister in the eastern Libyan government appointed by the Parliament, said there had been no official contact with Egypt regarding the Maghreb “Caravan of Steadfastness” entering through the shared land border....
Egypt, Libya stop activists gathering for ‘March to Gaza’
ARY News
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June 14, 2025
Egyptian authorities detained more activists planning to march to Gaza in protest of restrictions on aid reaching the territory, while security forces in eastern Libya blocked a convoy of activists en route to meet them. Demonstrators from 80...