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Explosion Hits Oil Tanker Off Libya
(MENAFN) A vessel transporting approximately one million barrels of crude oil has experienced an explosion off Libya’s shoreline. Although the detonation caused serious damage, there have been no reports of injuries or environmental contamination....

Libya’s UN ambassador expresses frustration over UN lack of roadmap
(MENAFN) Libya’s representative to the United Nations expressed deep disappointment on Tuesday regarding the absence of a concrete UN strategy to advance the political process in the country. Following a briefing to the Security Council by the UN...

Libya Blasts UN Over Stall in Political Roadmap
(MENAFN) Libya’s UN envoy, Taher El-Sonni, voiced strong dissatisfaction Tuesday over the continued absence of a defined political roadmap from the United Nations to resolve Libya’s ongoing crisis. Speaking after UN Special Representative Hanna...

Libya to Host Its First Major Tech Expo: Code Libya 2026 to Launch in Benghazi
Code Libya 2026, Libya’s first tech & AI expo, kicks off May 11–14 in Benghazi to spotlight innovation and digital growth in North Africa. BENGHAZI, LIBYA, June 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Libya to Host Its First Major Tech Expo: Code Libya...

Fuel Cards Market Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2022 - 2032
Fuel Cards Market : Increase in Demand from Developing Countries | Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast NEW CASTLE, DE, UNITED STATES, June 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Fuel Cards...

Libya experiences one of most severe state collapses in modern North Africa
(MENAFN) Libya has experienced one of the most severe state collapses in modern North Africa since the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1973 in March 2011, authorizing international intervention during the uprising against Muammar...

UN Reports Sudanese Refugees Face Rising Hunger, Malnutrition
(MENAFN) The UN's refugee and food agencies issued a critical warning on Tuesday about the worsening food insecurity and malnutrition crisis affecting millions of Sudanese refugees, as severe funding shortages continue to disrupt life-saving aid...

OHCHR reports findings of dozens of dead bodies in Libya
(MENAFN) The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has reported the discovery of mass graves containing dozens of bodies in detention centers across Libya, urging an independent investigation into what it described as “grim findings.” The announcement on...

Mass graves unveiled in Libya
(MENAFN) Dozens of bodies have been found in detention centers across Libya, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) reported on Wednesday, urging an independent investigation into the disturbing discoveries and reported abuses at these sites. Since...

IOM Reports Hundreds of Migrants Intercepted Off Libya’s Coast in One Week
(MENAFN) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported Tuesday that 414 migrants were intercepted off Libya’s coast between June 1 and June 7, 2025. "From June 1 to 7, 2025, 414 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya," IOM...

Trump plans on deporting migrants to war-torn African states
(MENAFN) The US Supreme Court has approved the Biden administration’s authority to deport immigrants to third countries, including conflict-affected nations like South Sudan and Libya, regardless of the migrants’ countries of origin. This ruling,...

US appears to have ignored lessons from its post-Cold War unilateral, regime-change policies in Middle East
(MENAFN) The US appears to have ignored the lessons from its post-Cold War unilateral and regime-change policies in the Middle East. Instead of fostering peace and stability, these interventions resulted in country collapses, chaos, civil wars,...

Turkey criticizes EU summit learders' conclusions
(MENAFN) Türkiye has sharply criticized the conclusions of the European Union leaders' summit held on June 26, 2025, accusing Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus (GCASC) of persistently advancing what it described as...

Statement on the Cabinet meeting of Wednesday, 25 June 2025
A. Issues in the environment 1. National Dialogue 1.1 70 Years of the Freedom Charter 1.1.1 On this day, 70 years ago viz. 26th of June 1955, more than 3000 delegates from various racial and social backgrounds, gathered in Kliptown, Johannesburg...

Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...

US puts seven African nations on blacklist
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...

Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...

Macron opposes Trump on regime alteration in Iran
(MENAFN) French President Emmanuel Macron has publicly rejected the idea of regime change in Iran, taking a stance at odds with U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently escalated his rhetoric against Tehran. In a post on Truth Social, Trump...

Macron Rejects Regime Change in Iran
(MENAFN) French Leader Emmanuel Macron has voiced opposition to any effort aimed at overthrowing the government in Iran, taking a contrasting position to that of US President Donald Trump. Macron’s remarks came in response to the recent escalation...

China Calls on Iran, Israel to Return to Diplomatic Negotiations
(MENAFN) China has called for an immediate halt to hostilities between Israel and Iran, urging both nations to return to diplomatic negotiations and avoid further escalation in the Middle East. Speaking at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday,...