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The National Center for Disease Control in Libya (NCDC) has reported on Wednesday that 692 people tested positive for COVID-19, marking 14 percent of the infection rate. The NCDC said that 10 others died of the virus, while 1,324 have recovered during the same reporting period.

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Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken in Paris today that there is a risk of renewed violence and instability if Libyan elections on December 24 were to be cancelled.

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The 5+5 Joint Military Committee convened today in Geneva to discuss developing an action plan for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Libya.

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Tatneft restarts operations on oilfields in Libya, suspended in 2014 because of hostilities in the country, Assistant to General Director Vasily Mozgovoi said at an online conference with investors on Wednesday.

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At least 17 bodies, likely of Europe-bound migrants, have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Wednesday.

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Libya Health Minister, Ali al-Zanati, discussed with the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, Kostas Frangogiannis, and a number of Greek businessmen relations of cooperation and partnership in health sector between the two countries.
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The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the parliamentary elections law issued by the House of Representatives yesterday.

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The United States has welcomed the ‘Libya Stability’ initiative, which was earlier this year by Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush, and its accompanying conference on October 21.

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Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh has asked Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum to help secure the Libya-Niger borders, claimed Saeed Amgheib, a member of Libyan parliament.

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Mohamed Sowan, the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Justice and Construction Party, called on all Libyan parties to reject the parliamentary elections law, which was recently issued by the House of Representative, because it is not based on party-list proportional representation.

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