Letters to the Editor | October 19, 2025

Concrete Jungle They took a chunk of Churchill Park without public consultation. The iconic Shirley Park was also threatened by massive development projects, with a part of it being fenced off for years. Now, the Lautoka City Council has announced...

Part 9: How a Nigerian teen trafficked through Libya became a celebrity barber in Europe

Part 8 recap: In Part 8, Jimmy’s fragile new beginning in Italy was turning sour. After years of waiting in the migrant camp, the system still said no. His second asylum request was denied, and he was given 60 days to leave Italy. Forced onto the...

NOC participates in the French Libyan Energy Forum in Paris‎ on 24 September

‎The National Oil Corporation (NOC) participated on Wednesday (24 September) in the Franco-Libyan Energy Forum in Paris, which was organized by Business France, with the participation of its technical departments and the chairmen of the boards of...

UNSMIL, Libyan Military Commission Reaffirm Ceasefire Commitment

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) met yesterday with members of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC) from western Libya. Discussions centered on upholding the Ceasefire Agreement and progressing mine action efforts. According...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libyan campaign-financing trial

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Resetting the Record: Lessons from Libya’s Fuel Case

As global oil prices continue to fluctuate and energy markets remain volatile in late 2025, the need for stability and predictability has become more pressing than ever. For Libya – a country with vast reserves and a pivotal role in regional...

Mine action centre holds talks with Turkish engineering team

The Mine Action Centre says its director has held talks with the Turkish mission’s military engineering team in Tripoli to strengthen cooperation on clearing war remnants. In a statement, the centre said the meeting focused on safe demolition...

7,000-year-old mummies discovered by scientists in the Sahara don’t share DNA with modern humans

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, led by archaeogeneticist Nada Salem have made a shocking discovery in the harsh climate of the Sahara desert. The discovery of two 7,000 year old mummies from the Takarkori...

Italian delegation inspects Benghazi Medical Center to enhance efficiency

A technical Italian delegation inspected Monday Benghazi Medical Center to review the condition of its systems, conduct a comprehensive evaluation, and propose practical suggestions for future cooperation. In a statement on its Facebook page, the...

Minister of Electricity discusses with an Italian company the development of the defense plan for the electricity grid in Libya

Benghazi – the Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Awad Al-Badri, held an extensive meeting at the ministry’s headquarters in the city of Benghazi with Engineer Giovanni Aloisi, the General Manager of the Italian engineering and...

On Authoritarianism, Democracy, and Militarism

As an anti-Zionist Jew born in 1946 my understandings of authoritarianism are rooted in lessons from the Nazi Holocaust and World War II. Two books were especially important to me, Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism and her fellow...

Is Turkey Pulling a Seabed Heist with Libya? Malta Sounds the Alarm

Malta’s recent public rebuke of Tripoli’s unilateral maritime moves is more than a small-state complaint: it is an inflection point that exposes fault lines in eastern Mediterranean geopolitics, energy markets, and international law. What began as...

Minister of Marine Wealth, Italian Ambassador discuss access of Libyan seafood to Europe

The Minister of Marine Wealth in the Government of National Unity, Adel Sultan, met with Italy’s Ambassador to Libya, Gianluca Alberini, to discuss ways of facilitating the entry of Libyan seafood products into European markets in compliance with...

Pakistan to launch advanced hyperspectral satellite for mineral, climate research

Pakistan is preparing to launch an advanced hyperspectral satellite next month, which will assist in exploring underground mineral resources and enhance research in agriculture, forestry, wildlife, flood monitoring, glacier melt, air pollution,...

Egypt’s Emdad, Saudi Arabia’s EMC launch joint industrial partnership

During the Third Saudi International Iron and Steel Conference 2025, Emdad Industries—the industrial arm of Egypt’s El Tholathia Group—announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia’s EMC Company to channel joint investments in...

Hillary Clinton Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Hillary Clinton, 2016 Democratic nominee for president. The first woman in American history to be nominated by a major party, Clinton is also a former secretary of state. Personal Birth...

Committee for Localisation of Oil Field Equipment invites local and international investors to manufacture oil materials and equipment locally

‎The Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Industry and Minerals’ Committee for the Localisation of Oil Field Equipment (CLOFE) has invited all local and international investors interested in the field of precision manufacturing of mechanical parts, to...

298 Arab Universities Are Ranked in QS Regional List for 2026

In the largest regional list so far, 298 Arab universities across 20 countries are compared in the 2026 edition of the QS Arab Region University Rankings, 52 universities more than last year. The regional ranking is published by QS Quacquarelli...

Mainstream Media Miss the Global Significance of Counterrevolution in Sudan

Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! The Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group, has tightened its siege of the Sudanese city of El Fasher amid their civil war with the Sudanese Armed...