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Libya’s Football Team Enters Training Camp in Benghazi Ahead of 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.
The Libya Update
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August 18, 2025
The Libyan Football Federation announced that the national team will begin a training camp in Benghazi on August 24, as part of preparations for the upcoming matches against Angola and Eswatini in the African qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World...
VIDEO: Libya farm owner unleashes his pet lion on Egyptian worker
Gulf Today
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August 18, 2025
A shocking video that recently went viral on social media has ignited widespread outrage in both Libya and Egypt, after it showed a Libyan farm owner deliberately unleashing a lion on an Egyptian worker. The video, which quickly circulated across...
Tamer Ashour to Present First-Ever Concert in Libya on August 21
Sada Elbalad
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August 18, 2025
Mon 18 Aug 2025 | 12:46 PM Egyptian superstar Tamer Ashour will perform live at the Turkish Palace Square, in Al Kish, Libya, on Thursday, August 21. He is set to present several of his popular and latest songs. The evening will also feature...
U.S. tightens visa rules for Nigerian travelers with mandatory social media disclosure
Business Insider Africa
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August 18, 2025
This new measure, which extends across most non-immigrant visa categories, reflects Washington’s growing emphasis on digital footprint checks as a tool for national security and immigration vetting. According to the disclosure on the UN mission’s...
A new king? The Haftar dynasty's challenge to Libya's future
The New Arab
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August 18, 2025
Contrary to numerous news reports, General Khalifa Haftar, the powerful military leader of the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA), did not publicly announce the appointment of his youngest son, Saddam, as his deputy during a speech on 9...
Libya Pushes Forward With Local Elections Despite Security Threats
Media Line
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August 17, 2025
Libya pressed ahead with its second round of municipal council elections on Saturday, opening polling stations across the country from morning until early evening in a test of local governance under fragile security conditions. According to the...
Libya launches 2nd phase of municipal elections despite security issues
News.Az
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Libya's High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on Saturday the start of the second phase of municipal elections, with voting currently taking place in 26 local councils. The commission said in a statement posted on its official...
Libya To Hold Rare Elections As Post-Gaddafi Chaos Persists
Zero Hedge
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Since 2011 and the NATO-led overthrow and killing of longtime leader Muammar Qaddafi, Libya has remained factured and divided into at least two major rival governments. At times there have existed even three or up to four governments in sectors of...
UN Envoy Discusses Libya’s Political Transition with Presidential Council Head
The Libya Update
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August 16, 2025
The President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, met today with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy to Libya, Hanna Tetteh, and the Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs, Stephanie Khoury, at the Council’s...
Libyans facing 'daily threats of murder and rape' forcing migrants to flee country for UK
Daily Express
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August 14, 2025
Libyans are facing daily threats of murder and rape from rival militias forcing migrants to flee the country to get to the UK. On Wednesday a boat carrying 100 migrants travelling from the Libyan coast to the Italian island of Lampedusa capsized,...
Natalie Dormer Joins Netflix Action-Thriller Series ‘Extraction’
Deadline
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August 18, 2025
Natalie Dormer (The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones) has been cast in the new Netflix series Extraction, starring opposite Omar Sy and Boyd Holbrook. The show is set in the world of the action thriller movie franchise of the same name, to be helmed...
Benghazi Local Radio Marks 31 Years Since Launch as Libya’s First FM Broadcaster
The Libya Update
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August 13, 2025
Benghazi – Benghazi Local Radio on Wednesday celebrated the 31st anniversary of its founding, which dates back to August 13, 1994, under a decision by the former General People’s Committee for Information and Culture. The station was the first in...
The Confederation of African Football officially approves Benghazi International Stadium
The Libya Update
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August 14, 2025
Benghazi – In a historic moment that brings the spirit back to Libyan football, the Confederation of African Football “CAF” granted its official and final approval for the accreditation of Benghazi International Stadium, making it eligible to host...
FIBA Afrobasket 2025: South Sudan bounce back with record 115–52 victory over Libya
Eye Radio
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August 14, 2025
Author: Courtesy of FIBA Afrobasket | Published: 6 hours ago MOÇÂMEDES (Angola) – South Sudan needed to restore their top-ranking credentials, which they did in remarkable fashion by demolishing Libya 115-52 in Thursday’s Group C action in...
Israel in talks with several countries on forced transfer of Gaza’s Palestinians: Israeli media
Yeni Safak
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August 14, 2025
Israel is in contact with four countries and the self-declared state of Somaliland to explore the forced transfer of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Israeli media said on Thursday, in a move widely condemned as a violation of international law....
Libya’s Parliament Speaker Meets UN Envoy to Discuss Latest Developments
The Libya Update
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August 12, 2025
The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives (HoR), Aquila Saleh, held talks on Tuesday with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Hanna Tetteh, and her...
Race, Segregation, and Sectarianism in American Cinema
Dissident Voice
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August 14, 2025
Due to the capitalistically orchestrated scourge of illiteratization and the machinations of the mass media, only a small percentage of Americans understand Washington’s penchant for launching illegal wars of aggression, and with the exception of...
Boyd Holbrook Joins Omar Sy in ‘Extraction’ TV Series at Netflix
Variety
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August 14, 2025
Boyd Holbrook is the latest addition to the cast of the “Extraction” TV series currently in the works at Netflix, Variety has learned. The show was formally announced back in February with Omar Sy in the lead role. As reported at the time, it is...
Libya's Haftar appoints son as second-in-command
The National News
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Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar has appointed his son as his second-in-command, in a move described as part of plans to enhance the capabilities of his forces. Lt Gen Saddam Haftar becomes deputy commander-in-chief, the administration that...
“Dirham”: The Libyan podcast that won the Golden Crescent Award continues to inspire entrepreneurs
The Libya Update
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August 14, 2025
Benghazi – In the renewed Libyan media scene, “Dirham” podcast emerged as a leading platform specializing in the world of money and business, and it succeeded in a short period to become the first destination for youth and ambitious entrepreneurs....