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Libya’s rival sides wrapped up a week of U.N.-brokered talks without agreeing on a transitional government that would lead the county to an election in December next year, the top U.N. official for Libya said Monday. The political forum, which concluded late Sunday in Tunisia, was the latest effort to …

The Ethiopian military has moved swiftly against forces loyal to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia, and the escalating conflict is threatening to create a humanitarian crisis in East Africa. The fighting risks tarnishing the image of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, most known for his peacemaking efforts …

Their confidence in the benefits of a Biden victory seems exaggerated, according to analysts. Muslim Brotherhood activists and media outlets have seemed very enthusiastic about the Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s progress in US election results.

This is Fathi Bashagha’s first official visit to Cairo since assuming his position in the Western Libyan Government. The Minister of Interior in western Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) Fathi Bashagha arrived to Cairo on Wednesday for talks with Egyptian officials, his office announced.

Turkey to continue its educational, health, humanitarian aid, counseling support to Libya amid permanent truce, sources say Turkey will continue to support Libya on the request of the country’s Government of National Accord (GNA), security sources said on Wednesday.

The young age of Aissaoui, who was born in 1999, is sparking concern in Tunisia about whether a new generation of jihadists is emerging. A few days after the brutal killing of three individuals at a church in the French Mediterranean city of Nice, the terrorism act is looming large …

Rival Libyan military officers have agreed on a road map for implementing a ceasefire deal reached last month, UN acting envoy to Libya Stephanie Williams said Tuesday. The announcement came after a meeting of a joint military commission to discuss the implementation of the deal opened Monday on home soil …

Egyptian and French naval forces carried out a transit naval training session in the northern fleet region of the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian army spokesman Tamer El-Refaie said in a statement on Tuesday.

The meeting is the first since the two parties agreed to a cease-fire last month. On the heels of a landmark cease-fire agreement, military delegations from Libya’s two warring parties sat down Monday for rare face-to-face talks inside the war-torn country.

Observatory sources say that fighters of Ankara-backed factions, of those who sent by the Turkish government as “mercenaries” to Libya, continue their efforts to reach Europe, like dozens of fighters who have already gone from Libya to Italy and from there to Europe, using libya as a pretext for reaching …