The United Nations on Monday 12th June 2023 called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns over their treatment including arbitrary detention and mass expulsion. War-torn Libya is regularly criticised for its handling of migrants, with rights groups alleging horrific treatment by smuggling gangs and inside state-run detention centres. “Thousands of others, including migrants who have entered Libya legally, have been collectively expelled without screening or due process,” it said, calling on Libyan authorities “to halt these actions and treat migrants with dignity and humanity”. Since the beginning of 2023, more than 7,000 migrants have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, the IOM said. In the same period, more than 50,000 migrants have landed on Italy’s coast including more than 22,000 from Libya, according to the UN’s refugee agency.

It could be third time lucky for Madrid, after Paris Saint-Germain rejected an offer of €180 million ($190 million) for Mbappe in 2021. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, also said PSG would not allow Mbappe to leave as a free agent. Mbappe posted on Twitter on Tuesday to dismiss a newspaper report saying he wants to join Madrid this summer. It means PSG face the prospect of him running down his contract and leaving for nothing to Madrid, or elsewhere. Given his stated ambition to win the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or, Mbappe seems unlikely to join them for a while yet.

The head of Libya’s High Council of State, Khalid al-Mishri, discussed the outcomes of the 6+6 Joint Committee for Preparing Electoral Laws with several armed group leaders in western Libya. The meeting, held at al-Mishri’s residence in Tripoli on Tuesday, included the commanders of the 444th Brigade, Mohamed Hamza, the 52nd Brigade, Mohamed Ben Rajab, and the 111th Brigade, Abdul Salam Zoubi, in addition to the head of the General Security Agency, Abdullah al-Tarablusi, and the commander of the First Support Force in Zawiya, Mohamed Bahrun, along with Hamad Bujelda, Abdul Hakim al-Sheikh who represented Radaa Force, Fahim bin Ramadan, and Muaz al-Manfoukh. The leaders of the armed groups “appreciated the efforts made by the High Council of State to complete the electoral laws and hold the electoral process as soon as possible in a way that ensures the stability and security of the country,” according to a statement from the High Council of State’s media office.

Who are the real ‘Fascists’, now? From now on, it will be up to individual countries such as Giorgia Meloni’s Italy (or Robert Abela’s Malta, for that matter) to ‘decide’ for themselves which country constitutes a ‘safe port of call’, or not...

The former prime minister - Italy's longest-serving premier who led four governments across three spells as prime minister - died on Monday aged 86. Local Italian media reported that Mr Berlusconi passed away after being admitted to hospital last Friday. A Downing Street spokesperson paid tribute to the former Italian leader, praising how Mr Berlusconi "made a huge impact on Italian politics over several decades. Tales of "bunga bunga" sex parties at his lavish villa outside Milan surrounded the former prime minister, and he was accused of having unlawful sex with a 17-year-old nightclub dancer known as “Ruby the Heartstealer” but was acquitted on appeal. Several women testified that the "bunga bunga" parties were “elegant dinners”.

Intensive olive trees are dwarf olive tree varieties that are planted around 4 metres apart and start producing from year two of their life. Traditional olive trees do not need irrigation, are planted around 12 meters apart, don’t produce for the first 3 to 4 years and don’t produce annually. Several papers were presented on the intensive olive oil production in the Authority’s projects reflecting challenges and growth rates and forecasting the repercussions of olive production in the Libyan economy for the period 2023-2027. The workshop gave several examples of international projects of intensive olive tree planting projects using the famous Greek Koroneiki and Spanish Arbequina and Arbosana varieties. It will be recalled that Libyan olive oil has recently won several international olive competitions.

CAIRO - 13 June 2023: The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, said that the House of Representatives has amended the Constitutional Declaration No. "This formed committee is independent, and it discusses its findings with the House of Representatives," he added. We have come to suspect that the subject of the debate is a prolongation and perhaps an attempt at intervention." 13, which includes the formation of the 6 + 6 committee, and that the last committee is concerned with submitting proposals to House of Representatives on elections. The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives indicated that everyone must unite to elect a president, then set legislation through the House of Representatives, hold reconciliation and form a government.

10 migrants’ bodies recovered, 10 missing off Libyan coast over past week: IOMThe International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 10 bodies of illegal migrants were recovered and 10 others went missing off the Libyan coast during the past week. Tripoli: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 10 bodies of illegal migrants were recovered and 10 others went missing off the Libyan coast during the past week. The IOM on Monday said that 608 migrants, including women and children, were rescued at sea and sent back to Libya in the past week while trying to reach European shores, Xinhua news agency reported. So far this year, a total of 7,292 undocumented migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya, IOM said, adding 662 migrants died and 368 others went missing off the Libyan coast on the central Mediterranean route. The IOM also noted that 24,684 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in 2022, while 525 migrants lost their lives and 848 others went missing along the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast.

The United Nations on Monday called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns over their treatment including arbitrary detention and mass expulsion. War-torn Libya is regularly criticised for its handling of migrants, with rights groups alleging horrific treatment by smuggling gangs and inside state-run detention centres. “Thousands of others, including migrants who have entered Libya legally, have been collectively expelled without screening or due process,” it said, calling on Libyan authorities “to halt these actions and treat migrants with dignity and humanity”. Since the beginning of 2023, more than 7,000 migrants have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, the IOM said. In the same period, more than 50,000 migrants have landed on Italy’s coast including more than 22,000 from Libya, according to the UN’s refugee agency.

TRIPOLI: The United Nations on Monday called on Libya to treat migrants and asylum seekers with dignity, highlighting concerns over their treatment including arbitrary detention and mass expulsion. War-torn Libya is regularly criticised for its handling of migrants, with rights groups alleging horrific treatment by smuggling gangs and inside state-run detention centres. “Libyan authorities have arrested thousands of men, women and children from the streets and their homes or following raids on alleged traffickers´ camps and warehouses,” the UN´s Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement. Many, including “pregnant women and children”, are held in “overcrowded and unsanitary” conditions, UNSMIL said.

A wave of advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks aimed at Libyans has been detected, using malware that conducts surveillance functions. Spotted by Check Point Research, the Stealth Soldier malware primarily conducts surveillance functions such as file exfiltration, screen and microphone recording, keystroke logging, and stealing browser information. Check Point researchers said the oldest version was compiled last October, and believe the command-and-control (C2) network is part of a larger set of infrastructure, used for spear-phishing campaigns against government entities. The Stealth Soldier infrastructure has some overlaps with infrastructure used in the "Eye on the Nile" campaign, which operated against Egyptian targets in 2019. Shykevich confirms there has been no detection of attacks on Egyptian users using the Stealth Soldier malware.

The Emirati leader’s one-day working visit to Istanbul on Saturday saw the two discussing bilateral ties, watching a soccer game together and walking hand-in-hand after dining at an Istanbul restaurant. The encounter is likely a soccer diplomacy push by Ankara to further advance the detente between Dbeibah’s government and Abu Dhabi, which has backed the Tripoli-based government’s rival in the conflict. Ankara and Abu Dhabi are backing rival sides in the Libyan civil war. Abu Dhabi ratified the agreement on May 31 after Erdogan’s reelection. Both Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have now embraced the country’s ruler Bashar al-Assad, while Ankara hasn’t.

Tripoli-based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba inaugurated the “National System for Treatment and Rationalization of Expenditure”, the “Our Health” app, and the “Electronic Signature” system, which was introduced for the first time in the Libyan health sector. The initiatives are part of the government’s digitisation policy of the health system. This came during the activities of the International Conference on Localization of Treatment opened in Tripoli today, organized by the Support and Development of Therapeutic Services Department in and sponsored by the state telecommunications holding company, LPTIC. Government worked on several paths to develop the health sectorIn his opening speech at the conference, Aldabaiba stressed that the government worked on several paths to develop the health sector, starting with restructuring it. The national strategy for early detection of cancerThe Prime Minister also revealed the national strategy for early detection of cancer after the formation of an anti-cancer body, stressing the launch of the first experimental phase for early detection of breast cancer, for the most vulnerable segments, in 6 different locations.

An attempt to smuggle 20,000 litres of diesel from Misrata Free Zone was thwarted by authorities today. The seizure was conducted by the Joint Operations Force in cooperation with the Misrata Free Zone Customs Centre. The diesel was hidden inside 14 twenty-foot containers intended for export from the customs hangar at Misrata Free Zone port. It was seized during a routine inspection carried out by the force after the submission of documents purporting they contained used oils. The Joint Operations Force reported that those involved in the attempted export of the containers have been seized in preparation for presenting them to the prosecution authorities to take the necessary measures.

According to the U.N. mission, Libyan authorities have detained thousands of men, women and children from the streets and their homes, or following raids on alleged traffickers’ camps and warehouses. Last week eastern Libya authorities deported thousands of migrants into Egypt, making them cross the border by foot. In Tripoli, migration police have recently deployed at a major city roundabout where many migrants gathered daily for work. Despite insecurity in Libya, where political control is contested and armed factions control most territory, the country is home to about half a million migrants. Both Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah in Tripoli and eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar recently travelled to Rome where Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is pushing to reduce migrant crossings to Italy.