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Head of the Roman Catholic Church in an interview published Monday rebuked the West for trying to impose its own style of democracy in countries such as Libya, Iraq while ignoring long-established political and cultural structures. Pope Francis speaking to France-based Roman Catholic paper La Croix indicated that Western powers in their drive to export […]
Libya’s nominal Prime Minister, backed by the international community, has accused the West of abandoning Libya alone after toppling former ruler Muammar Gaddafi. In a column published Sunday by the Telegraph, Faiez Serraj called on western countries to help finish the job by filling the vacuum created as the country fell into abyss, following the […]
UK’s Foreign Secretary Sunday revealed that British forces whether ground, naval or air could be sent to Libya at any time to combat IS which may use illegal migration routes to mount attacks in UK and Europe, but any military action in the North African country will be submitted to the House of Commons. “But […]
Malia Bouattia was elected Wednesday President of UK’s National Union of Students after she beat incumbent Megan Dunn by narrow margin following campaigns marked by controversy. The Constantin-born young lady cruised to the top position of the National Union of Students (NUS) after she won 50.9 per cent of the vote at the national conference […]
The United States Tuesday imposed sanctions on Prime Minister of the Tripoli-based Salvation Government seen by Washington as a major obstacle to the UN-backed political process. President Obama authorized the US Treasury to impose sanctions of Khalifa Ghwell and all other Libyans who have been opposed to the political process and impeded the establishment of […]
IS militants could assault UK and Europe with lethal gas as the group is now able to make chemical and biological weapons, head of Morocco’s counter-terrorism department told UK Sun magazine early this week. Speaking from his office at Morocco’s Bureau Central d’Investigations Judiciares (BCIJ) also dubbed Morocco’s FBI, Abdelhak Khiame told The Sun that […]
Algerian Minister of Industry, Abdesslam Bouchouareb has been cited in the Offshore Financial scandal revealed on Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ.) Bouchouareb is so far the only Algerian leader to be leaked. According to ICIJ’s cache of 11.5 million records, the Algerian minister owns an offshore company in Panama known as […]
Some 140 new Moroccans have joined the Islamic State terror group, according to leaked-IS documents disclosed by British Sky News. Moroccan local media “Akhbar Al Yaoum” announced in its Friday publication that the documents unveiled by Sky News thanks to an IS-Syrian defector, reveal that some 140 individuals said to be Moroccans have joined IS. […]
Sky News Wednesday announced it got hold of an enormous and significant cache of intelligence made of tens of thousands of documents containing the names and details of 22,000 IS fighters. The haul of the documents according to the British media was handed over by a disillusioned former member who had stolen the documents on […]
IS group is planning major, Paris-style attacks in the UK and may choose the Queen’s Birthday celebrations as target events to strike, Britain’s top anti-terror officer warned on Tuesday. Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley stated that IS is aiming at the UK and that intelligence gathered revealed that the expanding group is determined to […]