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Newsweek: "Shadow Fleet" Of Russian Tankers Is Plagued By A Mysterious "disease"
Charter 97
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6 illustrative photo Already five ships have sustained significant damage for unknown reasons. Putin's shadow tanker fleet has begun to suffer from a mysterious "disease" - explosions that have no explanation. Experts do not rule out that it is...
Libyan premier says government determined to eliminate militias
Middle East Monitor
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July 7, 2025
Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said his government is continuing with its security plan and will not back down from eliminating militias and armed formations, Anadolu reports. Armed formations that are not affiliated with the national...
Libya's broken health system drives family to irregular migration
Deutsche Welle
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July 6, 2025
Libya's healthcare crisis has a sad, new face. It is that of a tired 7-year-old girl, Sohan Aboulsoud, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an inherited genetic disorder. Her family couldn't get treatment for Sohan in Libya so they decided to dare...
Italy retains top spot as Libya’s leading trade partner in Q1 2025 despite dip
The Libya Observer
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Italy held its position as Libya’s largest trading partner in the first quarter of 2025, with bilateral trade reaching €2.12 billion, accounting for 18.5% of Libya’s total foreign trade, according to Italy’s National Institute of Statistics via...
Explosive Device Likely Damaged Greek Tanker Off Libya Last Week
gCaptain
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July 6, 2025
ATHENS, July 6 (Reuters) – An external explosive device most likely caused the blast that damaged Greek oil tanker Vilamoura as it was sailing off the Libyan coast last week, the vessel’s Greece-based operator TMS Tankers said on Sunday, citing an...
Explosive Device Likely Damaged Greek Tanker off Libya Last Week, Operator Says
Asharq Al-Awsat
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July 6, 2025
An external explosive device most likely caused the blast that damaged Greek oil tanker Vilamoura as it was sailing off the Libyan coast last week, the vessel's Greece-based operator TMS Tankers said on Sunday, citing an initial investigation. The...
UN calls for inquiry into detained Libyan activist's death
The New Arab
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July 6, 2025
UNSMIL called for an independent investigation into Abdel Monem al-Marimi's 'arbitrary detention' [Getty] The UN mission in Libya urged authorities on Saturday to open an investigation into the death of a prominent activist who prosecutors say...
How Abu Dhabi photographers are using their work to map memory
The National News
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Photography has always been a tool of reckoning. In moments of transition, it becomes a way of mapping change – both in the world and within the self. Cartographies, Revised, the new exhibition at Manarat Al Saadiyat, is anchored in this impulse....
Libya Operations Remain Fluid, NATO Official Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 09.26.2011 Courtesy Story NATO’s decision to extend the alliance’s mission in Libya shows its work there is not yet done, a NATO spokeswoman said today. NATO’s North Atlantic Council extended Operation Unified Protector...
Jordan revamps rules of granting citizenship to foreign investors
The National News
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Jordan's move to revamp its Citizenship By Investment programme has opened up more pathways for foreign investors to obtain a passport, but it is unlikely to make an economic impact in the short term, analysts say. Amman will grant Jordanian...
Crete Overwhelmed: Migrant Arrivals Surge by 350%, Facilities at Breaking Point
Greek Reporter
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July 9, 2025
Migrants are being transferred to the port of Heraklion. Credit: AMNA/Nikos Chalkiadakis Crete is grappling with an unprecedented influx of migrants, with nearly 2,000 people arriving on the island in the past 48 hours alone, pushing existing...
CBL freezes accounts of 12 companies in major medical supply corruption probe
The Libya Observer
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The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has ordered commercial banks to freeze the current accounts of 12 companies implicated in a high-profile corruption case involving the Medical Supply Agency. The companies had received substantial payments in...
Libya’s eastern government visits Belarus
Libyan Express
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July 2, 2025
Alexander Turchin and Osama Hammad during their meetingBelarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to expanding cooperation with Libya, particularly in agriculture, industry, and healthcare sectors. During a...
Settler Colonialism in light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today...
Black Agenda Report
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September 7, 2025
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolutionary violence in return....
Uganda might have to go through a 2007-08 Kenya to rebuild
Observer
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July 9, 2025
Kenyan protestors mocking Uganda Writing on boastfulness around torture recently, comrade Dr Busingye Kabumba noted that one cannot miss the arrogance of our security and political leadership when they chest-thump and ask, “what will you do?” This...
Libya and Oman agree to reactivate and expand economic partnership
The Libya Observer
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Libya’s Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohammed Al-Hweij, and Oman’s Minister of Economy, Said Al-Saqri, have agreed to develop a strategy aimed at reactivating and enhancing economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. The agreement...
HIV prevalence in Libya remains low, says NCDC
The Libya Observer
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The National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that HIV prevalence in Libya remains low, estimating the rate among the general population at just 0.1% to 0.3%. In a statement issued to clarify conflicting reports circulating on...
Belarusian PM to Hammad: Minsk eyes cooperation with Libya in agriculture, industry, and healthcare
The Libya Observer
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Belarusian Prime Minister Alexander Turchin has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to enhancing cooperation with Libya in the fields of agriculture, industry, and healthcare. During his meeting on Tuesday with the Prime Minister of the parallel...
Thes vets swore to defend the Constitution against all enemies—including Donald Trump
The Real News Network
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July 8, 2025
On June 13, military veterans and their families and supporters protested in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, demanding that taxpayer dollars for Donald Trump’s ill-fated military parade and his decision to send troops to Los...
Menfi calls from Seville for international support to rebuild Libya
The Libya Observer
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The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, called on the international community to support efforts for political stability in Libya, stressing the country’s need for effective international partnerships to overcome its crisis and build...