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US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting

US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...

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Tech Firms Urge Court To Toss Trump Travel Ban

Scores of technology firms including Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft joined a legal filing urging a judge to...

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Migrant Rescuers, Island Mayor Win UNESCO Peace Prize

UNESCO awarded its prestigious peace prize on Wednesday to migrant rescue association SOS Mediterranee and the mayor of...

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Hunger Kills Three Ghanaians In Libya

Three Ghanaians have reportedly died in the past week in Libya with over 500 people more stranded in that country. The...

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Hunger Kills Three Ghanaians In Libya; 500 Stranded

Three Ghanaians have reportedly died in the past week in Libya with over 500 people more stranded in that country....

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Thousands Saved Off Libyan Coast Over Easter

Thousands of migrants have been saved from the sea near Libya during one of the busiest weekends of the year for rescue...

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Libya Govt Urges ‘intervention’ Over Southern Clashes

Libya's unity government has called for "urgent intervention" by the international community to end military escalation...

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3,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya Coast Saturday

The Italian coastguard and other boats rescued some 3,000 migrants from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast on...

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Frenzied Rescues In Med Save Over 2,000 Migrants

Rescue vessels in the Mediterranean worked flat out Friday to rescue over 2,000 people from flimsy dinghies as...

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At Least 97 Migrants Missing As Boat Sinks Off Libya

At least 97 migrants were missing after their boat sank on Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said....

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African Migrants Sold In Libya ‘slave Markets’

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International...

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African Migrants Seeking Europe Sold As ‘slaves’ For $200

African migrants trying to reach Europe are being sold into slavery in Libya, including for sex, for as little as $200,...

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Iraq’s Sadr Warns Assad Could Share Kadhafi’s Fate

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as...

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Libya PM Sarraj Accuses EU of Reneging On Migrant Pledges

The European Union has reneged on pledges to help Libya fight migrant smuggling to Europe, UN-backed Libyan Prime...

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US Strike Wiped Out Fifth of Assad Air Force, Mattis Says

The US strike on a Syrian air base destroyed a fifth of the Damascus regime's remaining warplanes, Pentagon chief Jim...

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UN Chief Pushes Change In Trump-Era Turmoil

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marks his first 100 days in office on Monday, facing a long list of worsening...

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Syria, Russia To Top Agenda As G7 Ministers Meet

G7 foreign ministers were on Monday to send a "clear and coordinated message" to Russia over its stance on Syria as...

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US Steps Up Pressure On Syria Ahead of Russia Talks

The United States stepped up pressure Sunday on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, warning that any...

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Libya and Uganda Engage In A Legal Row Over Telecom Company

The Libyan government has sounded a warning to the Ugandan government over its move to repossess shares of the Libyan...