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Libya Emerges as Top Global Market for Turkish Gold Imports

Libya ranked as the world’s fifth-largest importer of Turkish gold and jewelry over the past year, with imports valued at more than $350 million, according to data released by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency on January 11, 2026. Turkish jewelry exports to Libya reached about $356.2 million, underscoring resilient demand despite Libya’s prolonged economic and political headwinds. […]

Egypt: Publisher of controversial Israeli novel sentenced to five years in prison

A court in Egypt upheld a five-year prison sentence against the head of an Egyptian publishing company for distributing an Arabic version of “The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel”, a book the military rejected arguing that it disseminates military secrets. Khaled Lotfi, on trial in a military court since last year, was handed the sentence […]

Two Moroccan researchers join The World Academy of Sciences as fellows

Yahya Tayalati and Youssef Ouknine, two of Morocco’s top scientific researchers, have been made fellows of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries that has more than 1,400 scientists in around 100 countries. Tayalti from Rabat-based Université Mohammed V and Ouknine from Marrakech-located Université Cadi Ayyad are members […]