The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Water Resources, Husni Owaidan, discussed with the head of the German company Nenner Hauser yesterday the potenti...

The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Environment reported today the conclusion of its "Readiness Libya 2" project— implemented in collaborat...

Guantanamo Bay opened after the US invasion of Afghanistan. 25 years later, the war is over, but the prison remains open

Trump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda.

Residents of Adigrat tell the BBC they have seen truck loads of soldiers from Eritrea moving south.

The patient passed through multiple cities in DR Congo, drove to Uganda and eventually flew to Kenya.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to take any personal responsibility for what happened or order a state inquiry.

Three years on from the attack on Nir Oz, in which 47 people were killed and 76 taken hostage, some survivors have returned to live there.

US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE The US State Department notified Congress last week that it approved the sale of more than $2bn in US weapons systems to Egypt, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Kuwait will buy an estimated $400m worth of repair services and parts for Patriot air-defence systems it operates, the State Department said in a statement on Friday. The State Department also approved Egypt’s purchase of more than 2,000 FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles and up to 200 Javelin launch units. The sale will come with support equipment including simulation rounds, spare parts, and US government technical assistance. The sale is estimated to cost $832m. The priciest purchase among the tranche was approved for the UAE to purchase up to 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System-IIs (APKWS-II). The laser-guided kits are for both air-to-air and air-to-ground configurations. The sale is estimated to cost $1.04bn. The US announced all the sales on Friday. "The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region," the State Department said in the statement. Read more: US approves over $2bn in weapons sales to Egypt, Kuwait and UAE

Israeli army attacks outskirts of village in Syria’s Quneitra province Israeli troops late on Wednesday shelled the outskirts of a village in Syria’s southern Quneitra province, the SANA news agency reported.  Two artillery rounds landed in agricultural areas surrounding the al-Samdaniya al-Sharqiya village. No injuries were reported. 

The Democratic National Committee sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday over taxpayer-funded television ads promoting his political message, alleging illegal government propaganda. The lawsuit seeks to halt federal funding for the ads, which have cost more than $12 million to air ahead of November’s midterm elections, according to AdImpact.

For now, it's still Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel. In 2023, in the immediate aftermath of the country’s worst day of bloodshed in its history, pundits predicted the quick demise of the right wing prime minister. On this the third anniversary of the October Seventh attacks, Israel’s still not reckoned with the security failures on the day, the root causes of the Hamas-led terror attack, the brutal war of vengeance that followed and most of all, Netanyahu’s still prime minister with a fair shot at re-election. Even if the Likud leader’s voted out on October 27th, his most serious general election rivals don't exactly advocate for a radical break when it comes to the Palestinians.

RIYADH: Arab and regional organizations strongly condemned Houthi attacks on two Saudi airports that killed three people and injured dozens, describing the strikes as violations of international law and threats to civilian safety. The attacks targeted Abha International Airport in Asir province, which borders Yemen, and King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said two women, a Moroccan and an Algerian, were killed and 28 people injured in t

NEW DELHI: Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by police Wednesday during a protest against the country’s election chief, as opposition parties intensified their campaign over a contentious revision of voter lists. Gandhi and other opposition lawmakers were stopped by police as they marched toward Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site in India’s capital New Delhi. A live feed on the YouTube channel of Gandhi’s Congress party showed police taking him into a vehicle and driving h

South Africa is aiming to host the first ever Olympics on the African continent. This after it was named as one of seven countries that will officially put forward their case to stage the 2036 Games in November.

Kenya is not in the grips of an ebola outbreak, the country's health secretary insisted on Wednesday, in the wake of Kenya's first death from the disease.