‎The Minister of Health, Mohamed Al-Ghouj, along with the WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Hanan Al-Balkhi, and the WHO Country Director in Libya, Ahmed Zweiten, chaired a technical meeting that brought together the directors of the Ministry’s technical departments and their counterparts from the WHO technical team. The meeting was dedicated to reviewing […] The post Health Ministry signs Strategic Cooperation Agreement 2026-2027 with WHO – announces results of the 100-Day Initiative appeared first on LibyaHerald.

Armed clashes and exchanges of fire broke out in the city of Zawia overnight, intensifying rapidly as the morning went on. The city clashes included in the early hours of this morning the areas near the Zawia Oil Refinery complex. No injuries or deaths have been officially reported at the time of publication. Zawia Refinery […] The post Zawia clashes lead to Zawia Refinery shutdown and evacuation of Zawia Port appeared first on LibyaHerald.

Footage released by the Pentagon shows US strikes on two Iranian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.

Britain’s famed natural historian David Attenborough is celebrating his 100th birthday.

The Constitutional Court says MPs were was wrong to block impeachment proceedings against Cyril Ramaphosa.

Fear and uncertainty linger for Somali migrants in Minnesota despite a legal reprieve.

Abbas Araghchi says the US attacks each time there is a diplomatic solution on the table.

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

At least 31 killed in Israeli attacks across Lebanon, local media says At least 31 people, including a rescue worker, were killed in widespread Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon on Friday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. The agency described it as one of the deadliest days since fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah resumed on 2 March.  Among those killed were five people in two air strikes on the town of Toura in the Tyre district, where rescue teams were still searching for a missing girl under the rubble. An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle between Kfarchouba and Kfarhamam in Hasbaiyya district killed a civil defence worker, while additional strikes in the Bint Jbeil and Nabatieh districts left several more dead, including four people killed in as-Sultaniyah. Despite a ceasefire announced on 17 April and later extended until 17 May, Israeli strikes in Lebanon have continued on a near-daily basis.

Israeli strike hits home in Shati refugee camp in Gaza, six wounded including children Israeli warplanes have bombed a residential building in the Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City after issuing a forced evacuation warning. A hospital source told Al Jazeera that six Palestinians, including two children, were wounded in the attack, which destroyed the house. Nearby homes also sustained damage.

In a week thats’s seen renewed hope for ending the war in Iran, ten weeks since it started, with four weeks of stalemate, a ceasefire and skirmishes over the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Intermittent peace talks have boiled down to a fourteen-point, one-page “memorandum of understanding”, crafted by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, which has been sent to Pakistani mediators and is being reviewed by Iran.

Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under growing pressure after Labour’s bruising local election results. The party lost hundreds of council seats in England, fell behind Plaid Cymru in Wales as Reform UK surged, and continued to struggle in Scotland where the Scottish National Party remains dominant. Reform UK has made major gains across England, Wales and Scotland, raising fresh questions over Starmer’s leadership and Labour’s direction. France 24’s Gavin Lee is joined by Tom Baldwin, former Labour Head of Communications and author of Keir Starmer: The Biography, to discuss the fallout from Labour’s losses and whether pressure is already building within the party to replace the Prime Minister.

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.

Burundi will hold presidential elections on May 3 next year, the electoral commission announced Friday, during a meeting boycotted by the opposition.

Chad jails eight opposition leaders for eight years as Supreme Court dissolves anti-Deby coalition