Italy will allow the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock at an Italian port and disembark 113 people rescued from the waters of the Mediterranean, a French NGO said Tuesday.
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The abduction of a former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and his transfer into US custody raises concerns about a renewed willingness in Washington to flout international law to hunt alleged terrorist fugitives, The Guardian reported.
Africa Intelligence website revealed that Washington is pressing to impose diplomat Kenneth Gluck as deputy head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), to replace Rezidon Zeninga, who will leave next January.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan discussed their two countries’ joint energy projects, especially in the gas sector, in a phone call on Sunday, Russian news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Middle East and North Africa has held a meeting in Cairo “to enhance cooperation and strategic planning and partnerships for the year ahead.”
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, discussed Thursday with Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, developments of the Libyan crisis, on the sidelines of the 2022 Mediterranean Dialogues , held in Rome.
Greece has submitted a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining the background of the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum.
Fourteen (14) illegal migrants from Syria, Tunisia and Libya were detained by the Burgas gendarmerie near the Sredets village of Draka, Burgas region, according to Novinite, Sofia News Agency.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stressed the need to work on stabilizing Libya in order to confront migration crisis, pointing out “we should return to the approach of Silvio Berlusconi’s previous government to manage the migration file
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he will meet with Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi after the two leaders exchanged a handshake earlier this month at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.