Foot-and-mouth containment: Libya’s Agricultural Police confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Msallata (Al-Amamra), with 4 sheep deaths and 86 infections, prompting livestock market closures, movement restrictions, and intensified veterinary surveillance across eastern and western Libya. Seismic survey push: Russian firm Solarus Energy plans to supply ten SVS-30/150M seismic survey systems to Libya and Iraq in 2026 to support exploration of new oil and gas fields. Oil sector dealmaking: Libya’s Oil and Gas Minister Khalifa Abdulsadek held talks in Japan to expand cooperation in oil, gas, energy, infrastructure and investment, while the National Oil Corporation signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement for Area 47 in the Ghadames Basin with Libya’s Investment Authority and Qatar’s UCC Group. Free zone investment links: Misrata Free Zone signed two memorandums with Italian industrial and trade bodies to boost Libya–Italy cooperation in investment, trade, logistics, ports and industry, aiming to attract Italian partners and joint ventures. Agriculture and trade security: French customs seized 2.5 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden inside a container bound for Libya, concealed in metal compartments within heavy construction equipment. Energy trade context: US EIA data showed the US imported no crude from Iraq for a second straight week; Libya supplied about 130,000 bpd to the US in the latest figures.