The Attorney General’s Office announced last Tuesday (5 May) that the Anti-Corruption Prosecution, within the jurisdiction of the Tripoli Court of Appeal, investigated information related to the collection of illicit financial benefits resulting from banking operations carried out within the Al-Wahda Bank branch – Souq Al-Thulatha. The investigator clarified the intention of the official in […] The post Two detained and others questioned in US$ 2.8 million Wahda Bank documentary credits fraud investigation appeared first on LibyaHerald.

Amidst the momentum of the Libyan healthcare system under the Ministry of Health’s 100-day Plan, Al-Hadba Al-Khadra General Hospital achieved a historic medical milestone by performing the first wireless (leadless) pacemaker implantation in Libya on a patient suffering from a slow heart rate. The Health Ministry said this procedure demonstrated the efficiency and competence of […] The post Health Ministry hails the implantation of first wireless pacemaker in Libya and eighth in Africa – part of its 100-day Plan appeared first on LibyaHerald.

The CPJ says the 'lack of concrete progress' in the FBI investigation represents a failure by the US government.

A ceasefire between the US and Iran has been in place since April 8. Both sides are yet to agree on a peace deal.

The ruling could have huge implications for the political future of Cyril Ramaphosa.

The woman, 35, says she was praying for a baby and was "overjoyed" to be "blessed with five at once".

Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.

Mediator Pakistan says it is "endeavouring to convert this ceasefire into a permanent end to this war".

More than half of Lebanon population depends on aid, EU official says More than half of Lebanon's population depends on humanitarian aid, a European Union official said on Friday, as Israel continues its attacks on the country despite a ceasefire in the two-month-long war on Lebanon. "At present, more than three million people, meaning more than half of the population here in Lebanon, depend on humanitarian aid to survive," EU crisis management chief Hadja Lahbib told reporters after meeting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut.  Lahbib said that since the start of the war on 2 March the 27-member bloc has provided 100 million euros in aid and sent six planes carrying humanitarian aid, with a seventh expected on Saturday. Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed more than 2,700 people and displaced over one million since early March, according to authorities. Mourners attend the funeral of four people killed in an Israeli strike, in Ansariyeh, Lebanon, 8 May 2026. (Reuters)

UAE sends Trump's Board of Peace '$100m' for training of new Gaza police force The United Arab Emirates has disbursed $100m to the US-backed  "Board of Peace" to finance the training of a Palestinian police unit destined for the Gaza Strip, The Times of Israel reported, citing diplomatic sources. The transfer marks the largest donation the Board of Peace has received, after nine members of the board initially pledged a total of $7bn, and the US invested a further $10bn during a donor conference in February. Recruits are slated to be trained in Egypt and Jordan, with an Emirati security firm tasked with building a force of some 27,000 officers, the US official and Middle Eastern diplomat said. An earlier report by the publication quoted an Arab diplomat saying that Palestinians who previously served as civil servants in Gaza would be allowed to apply to the new police force, but they will have to undergo vetting by Israel's internal security agency to be approved. Read more: UAE sends Trump's Board of Peace '$100m' for training of new Gaza police force A boy looks on as he sits on rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on a police station in Gaza City on 5 May, 2026. (Omar Al-Qattaa/ AFP)

A new exchange of fire between Iran and the US occurred late Thursday night in the Strait of Hormuz, with both countries accusing each other of firing first. The latest by Simon Moritz.

The far right are making gains in England as the results of local elections are counted overnight. The governing Labour party has lost control of a number of councils... and pressure is piling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer. While most results won’t be declared until later Friday, Reform UK — led by populist Nigel Farage — is on course for a major victory. Details by FRANCE 24’s correspondent in London, Bénédicte Paviot.

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Thursday his country was in an economic “state of near-emergency” as a result of the Middle East war, warning of runaway inflation. The Arab world’s most populous nation has not been physically impacted by the US and Israeli war with Iran, which has seen strikes on Egypt’s wealthy Gulf allies and paralyzed trade through the vital Strait of Hormuz.

BEIRUT: Lebanon faces what officials described as “one of the most dangerous moments in recent memory” after Hezbollah launched attacks on Israeli forces from areas both south and north of the Litani River, triggering a renewed Israeli air and ground campaign. Announcing its ground incursion into southern Lebanon, Israel said it aims to establish what it called a permanent “security zone” along the border.

The ship was supposed to finish its journey in Cape Verde, but after three people died and the outbreak was confirmed, it called for help off the coast and was ultimately not allowed to dock in Praia

The Lobito Corridor is shifting from ambition to reality, with trains now transporting copper and cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola’s Atlantic port of Lobito.