DUBAI: Fifty oil and gas companies representing 40% of global production pledged to decarbonise their operations by 2050 at the UN’s COP28 climate talks in Dubai today. “Whilst many national oil companies have adopted net-zero 2050 targets for the first time, I know that they and others, can and need to do more,” Jaber said. Unlike the Western oil majors, which are intensely scrutinised by the public, few large national oil companies had announced such targets. PetroChina and Brazil’s Petrobras also signed up to the new accord, named the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter. The National Oil Company of Libya, Malaysia’s Petronas and Sonangol of Angola were also among the signatories, along with France’s TotalEnergies, US firm ExxonMobil, and Britain’s BP and Shell.

Inaugurated in 2016, it was still among the newest projects in the Gaza Strip, the housing complex in the city of Khan Yunis boasting an impressive mosque, shops and gardens. On Saturday it happened again, a day after a Qatar-brokered pause in the current war between Israel and Hamas expired. The Hamas-led Gaza Strip government says Israel’s campaign has killed more than 15,000 people, also mostly civilians, since it was launched eight weeks ago. Mohammed Foura, 21, already displaced once from Gaza City, told AFP that half an hour before the strike he had been warned by other residents to flee. “They told us ‘Gaza City is a war zone’, now it’s Khan Yunis,” he said.

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A Turkish presidential motion to extend the authorization for the deployment of Turkish troops to Libya for another 24 months was approved Thursday by parliament. The motion, which was submitted to parliament last Friday, extends the mandate of Turkish troops beginning Jan. 2. "The risks and threats arising from Libya persist for Türkiye and the entire region. "Preventing the resumption of conflicts holds significance to ensure the conclusion of military and political negotiations conducted under the auspices of the UN,” it added. Libya has been torn by civil war and instability since the ouster of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Just outside the top 10, Uruguay vaulted four spots to No. Mexico slipped two places to No. Canada remains fourth in CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, behind the U.S., Mexico and No. 41 Panama, which was the only team among the top five in the region not to lose ground. —Follow @NeilMDavidson on X platform, formerly known as TwitterThis report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 30, 2023Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press

The Tripoli based Libyan Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, received at the Ministry’s Tripoli headquarters Wednesday, the Chinese Chargé d’Affaires in Libya. The meeting was attended by the Director General of Technical Affairs, the Technical Advisor to the Minister, the Director of the International Cooperation Office, and the Director of the Minister’s office. This is especially since China is one of the major industrial countries in the world and has a strong economy, advanced technologies, an advanced country in the field of oil and gas, and it has large oil companies that have contributed to the establishment of many oil projects. NOC will hold international tender for exploration in 2024Al-Tarhouni confirmed that the Minister of Oil had asked the Chinese Chargé d’Affaires to invite various Chinese companies to return to Libya, especially oil companies, to participate in the exploration public tender that the National Oil Corporation will conduct next year open to international companies. China has delayed its return to Libya despite positive factorsAt the conclusion of the meeting, the Minister of Oil and Gas, Mohamed Aoun, indicated to the Chargé d’Affaires China’s delay in returning to Libya.

Following the European Union's sanctions notice, Niger has opted to repeal a law sanctioning illegal border crossings, and a major surge in migration flows is expected, with the focus on Tunisia and Libya. The Prime Minister's spokesman, Ali Al-Amin Zein, announced that the leader of the military junta, Abderrahmane Tiani, had repealed this law. REUTERS/JOE PENNEY - Nigerian migrants, travelling north towards Libya, ride on top of a truck in AgadezAlgeria is precisely one of the countries that motivated the 2015 law sanctioning illegal migrants. It should not be forgotten that Libya currently hosts more than 700,000 illegal migrants, according to the International Organisation for Migration. And there is every indication that the repeal of the 2015 law will cause these numbers to grow exponentially.

The Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department on Tuesday repatriated 248 illegal migrants. Among them, 120 were deported by air back to Niger, while the remaining 128 were deported by land back to Chad, Badraddin Ben-Hamed, head of the Deportation Office of the department, told Xinhua. The Deputy President of the Presidency Council Musa al-Kuni, who was visiting the department at the time of the deportation, described the process as “humane and appropriate.”“I express my gratitude to all those working in the Illegal Migration Control Department for their efforts to provide proper and humane living conditions for the migrants, despite lack of capabilities,” al-Kuni said.

Prime Minister Robert Abela stressed the need to not only disrupt activities of human traffickers, but to collectively strive for traffickers to be brought to justice in a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin. In comments to the press at the Chancellery in the German capital following the meeting with Chancellor Scholz, Abela said Malta is focused on preventing arrivals and fighting against human trafficking. During discussions with the German Chancellor, Abela also expressed support for dialogue and assistance to other countries in the Mediterranean such as Libya and Tunisia. - RA pic.twitter.com/6uT8861QVV — Robert Abela (@RobertAbela_MT) November 28, 2023Abela said Malta will continue to advocate for peace in the UN. Prime Minister Robert Abela was accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs Ian Borg, Minister for Economy Silvio Schembri, Minister for Home Affairs Byron Camilleri, Malta's Ambassador to Germany Vanni Xuereb, and the Head of Secretariat at the Office of the Prime Minister Glenn Micallef.

A total of143 Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated from Libya on Tuesday (28 November). Photo: BSSA total of 143 Bangladeshi nationals, who were held at a detention centre in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, were repatriated to Bangladesh today. With the utmost efforts of the Bangladesh High Commission in Tripoli in association with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Bangladeshi nationals were repatriated to their homeland. The foreign ministry and IOM officials welcomed them at the airport upon their arrival. The process to repatriate irregular Bangladeshis from Libya is underway as 373 more Bangladeshis will be repatriated tomorrow and on 5 December.

A total of 143 Bangladeshi nationals, who were detained at a detention centre in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, returned home today. A chartered flight of Buraq Air (UZ 0222) carrying the Bangladeshi nationals landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 5:00 am on Tuesday (November 28). With the all-out efforts of Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, Libyan government and direct cooperation of International Organization for Migration (IOM) the detained Bangladeshis returned home. After their arrival at the Dhaka airport, Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials and IOM officials welcomed these Bangladeshi citizens. On this occasion, IOM gave each of them Tk 5896 as pocket money and some food items.

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) announced Saturday that for the first time since 2013, its assets in France are free of any judicial seizures. It confirmed that the latest seizures were lifted after the Paris Court of Appeal ruled in two rulings issued on 16 and 23 November that they were invalid. The LIA revealed that it is now working on the second phase of international arbitration procedures with the Belgian authorities regarding the seizure imposed by them on its assets and funds. This seizure, it added, is in violation of the investment promotion and protection agreement between the two countries.

TRIPOLI, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said 163 illegal migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week. "From Nov. 19 to Nov. 25, 163 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya," IOM said in a statement. The rescued migrants included 20 women and 12 children, IOM said, adding that one dead body of an illegal migrant was retrieved. So far this year, a total of 15,057 illegal migrants were rescued and returned to Libya, while 947 died and 1,256 went missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast, according to IOM. In 2022, the number of rescued stood at 24,684, while the dead and the missing reached 529 and 848, respectively.

Lu Biao, CEO of ZTE Libya, stated, "This exhibition has not only effectively promoted communication opportunities for our company within the Libyan communication community, engaging with operators, partners, subcontractors, universities, and more, but also established a positive brand image for our company throughout Libya. We expect to strengthen cooperation with various operators in Libya as we join forces to further contribute to the development of the Libyan communication network."