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Launch of the First Lebda Festival for Libyan Song at the Archaeological Theater in Al-Khums
Al-Khums – The first edition of the Leptis Festival for Libyan Song, named after the late artist Abdul Latif Hweil, kicked off yesterday, Thursday, on the stage of the Leptis archaeological theater in the city of Al-Khums. The event features an...

Al-Ahly Benghazi Youth Veterans Association Honors a Group of Prominent Artists
Benghazi – The Al-Ahly Benghazi 81 Youth Veterans Association organized a tribute ceremony last Tuesday evening at the Leaders of the Gifted High School in Benghazi, celebrating a group of prominent Libyan artists who have left a distinct artistic...

The Media Line: Indonesia’s President Offers 20,000 Peacekeepers, Conditional Recognition in UN Speech on Israel-Palestine
Audio By Carbonatix Indonesia’s President Offers 20,000 Peacekeepers, Conditional Recognition in UN Speech on Israel-Palestine By The Media Line Staff Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto used his address to the United Nations General Assembly in...

Libyan Ship Joins Global Flotilla to Break Gaza Siege
(MENAFN) The Libyan vessel Omar al-Mukhtar embarked on its journey Sunday to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international effort to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. The ship has been outfitted with a fully equipped intensive care...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy Sentenced to 5 Years for Libya Funding Plot
President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) greets Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on Dec. 10 2007. AP Photo/Francois Mori, File A Paris court on Sept. 25 sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to...

World : Plane Carrying Various Nationals From Global Sumud Flotilla Lands In Istanbul
ISTANBUL, Oct 4 (Bernama-AA) -- A plane carrying activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, who were attacked and detained by Israel in international waters, landed at Istanbul Airport on Saturday afternoon. The plane, which departed from Ramon...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 5 years in prison in Libyan funding case
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with funds from the government of...

Who is Carla Bruni and how is she related to Nicolas Sarkozy? Is she linked to the Libyan cash trial?
Presiding judge Nathalie Gavarino told the Paris criminal court that Nicolas Sarkozy, as a minister and UMP party president, allowed close associates to approach Libyan authorities to get money for his 2007 campaign. The court said Sarkozy himself...

Africa Fintech Summit Accra 2025 Welcomes Binance as a Platinum Sponsor
The Africa Fintech Summit has welcomed back MDP, a long-time AFTS partner and a leading card issuing and payments technology provider across the Middle East and Africa, as sponsor for the 14th edition of Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) 2025, held at...

Hard Numbers: Ex-French prez sentenced after Libyan corruption case, Taiwanese aides convicted of Chinese espionage, Anti-ICE sniper kills detainee, Australian film altered in China
5: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison and fined about $106,000 for conspiring with Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s former dictator, to fund Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign. The unprecedented ruling requires him to serve...

Former French President Sarkozy sentenced to jail over Libya case
A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya, a verdict that the...

Former French President Sarkozy found guilty on key Libya funding charge
A Paris court found former French President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty on one charge but acquitted him on others Thursday in his trial for the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign with money from the government of then-Libyan...

France's ex-President Sarkozy sentenced to prison over Libya funding scandal
Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Paris criminal court after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy involving illicit campaign funding from Libya. The conviction follows a ten-year investigation into financial...

Sarkozy convicted in Libya case, ordered to serve prison term
Former president Nicolas Sarkozy was on Thursday set to become France's first postwar leader to go to prison after a court jailed him for five years over a scheme for the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi to fund his victorious 2007 presidential...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in Libya corruption case
Former leader reportedly leaving country NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007...

Ex-French president Sarkozy sentenced to prison in Libya corruption case
Nicolas Sarkozy, once one of the most influential leaders in Europe, now faces the ignominy of being the first French president in modern history sentenced to serve actual prison time. On September 25, a Paris court delivered a landmark ruling,...
Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to five years in jail over Libya campaign funds case
PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday (Sep 25) to five years in jail for criminal conspiracy over efforts to secure campaign funds from Libya, in a stunning downfall for the conservative leader who governed from...

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison over Libyan funds
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after a Paris court found him guilty of criminal conspiracy in a scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. The Paris court ruled Thursday that the...

Nicolas Sarkozy handed 5-year jail term for raising funds from Libya
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the conservative who led France from 2007 to 2012. The...

France's ex-President Sarkozy gets prison sentence in Libya funding case
Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison by a Paris criminal court after being convicted of criminal conspiracy related to illegal campaign financing from Libya. The conviction follows a ten-year investigation into financial links...