Libya‘s central bank, at the centre of a weeks-long crisis that has slashed oil output, remains cut off from the international financial system, its veteran governor who was removed by political factions in a contested move told Reuters on Thursday. Sadiq al-Kabir, speaking from self-imposed exile in Istanbul, said the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) […]
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“Out of the total number of deaths, the Israeli army killed more than 16,000 children in Gaza,” the Palestinian health ministry noted. [Getty] While Israel’s war of extermination on the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip continues for over its 11th month, Palestinian children surviving the onslaught are taking any opportunity to improve their mental
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After the spread of the infection in Congo, one case of mpox has now been recorded in Morocco [Getty] Morocco announced a case of mpox in the country on Thursday, just one month after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it a matter of international concern amid a global outbreak. Morocco’s health ministry said a man
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In a world where Islamophobia and racism are on the rise, audiences are in need of a good laugh. Enter stand-up comedian Adam Hmada, who has created a new sitcom in hopes of changing the way we see the Arab-American communities around us. Sometimes, in the face of so much grief and hardship, comedy can
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Cristiano Ronaldo breaks a record after reaching one billion followers across social media platforms [Getty/TNA] Cristiano Ronaldo continues to break records after reaching one billion followers across social media platforms while also having scored his 900th career goal recently. Meanwhile, Iraqi football fans returned to Kuwait for a historic World Cup qualifier for the first
The destruction caused by Israel’s raids on Tulkarm Refugee Camp in the West Bank. [GETTY] On 28 August, the Israeli army launched ‘Operation Summer Camps’, with a large-scale and extremely violent assault Palestinian towns, cities, and refugee camps in the northern occupied West Bank. Since then, in Tulkarm, Jenin, Tubas, and other towns and camps,
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Gunmen killed a group of civilians in central Afghanistan on Thursday, the interior ministry said, in an attack that was claimed by the local chapter of the Islamic State group. “Fifteen Shia (Muslims) were killed and six others wounded in an attack carried out by the soldiers of the caliphate in central Afghanistan,” the group’s
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The UN has hit out at Israeli claims that Hamas members were in the school that was bombed [Getty] The UN slammed Israeli claims that Hamas fighters were at a Gaza school housing displaced people, which was targeted in an Israeli bombing on Wednesday, killing 18 people and wounding many others. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric
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Hezbollah has said it has targeted the main air defence missile base of Israel’s Northern Command with a barrage of Katyusha rockets. The attack on the Biriya barracks came in response to “attack and assassination carried out by the Zionist enemy in the southern town of Kafr Joz (Kfarjoz)”, the Lebanese group’s media arm, Al
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Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the heads of the British, French, German and Dutch embassies on Thursday, the Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported, following accusations of missile transfers to Russia and the imposition of new sanctions. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Russia had received ballistic missiles from Iran and would
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