Amnesty international

Mauritania, Qatar poised to thaw ties

Mauritania and Qatar Sunday contemplated ways to resume diplomatic ties nearly four years after the African country cut off relations in support of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt that had severed ties with the Gulf country.   Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks Sunday in Doha with his Mauritanian counterpart Ismail […]

Libya Oil Output Hits Decade High as February Revenue Tops $2bn

Libya’s oil production has climbed to approximately 1.43 million barrels per day—the highest level in more than a decade—according to National Oil Corporation Chairman Masoud Suleiman on Sunday, April 5, 2026. He disclosed that oil revenues for February surpassed $2 billion and were fully transferred to the State treasury without deductions, marking a rare development […]

Israel: One man’s Loss can be Another’s Gain

Locust invasions are generally decried as plagues that devastate crops and impoverish farmers. The view is not shared by all. On Tuesday, when millions of locusts, wind-driven from the Egyptian Sinai, landed in Kadesh Barnea, the historical spot where Jews are said to have settled when they fled from Egypt in the biblical era, all […]