India has accused Turkiye of "blatant disregard" of United Nations security resolutions in Libya, amid renewed fighting in the country between forces backing rival prime ministers. "Continued presence of foreign forces and mercenaries is detrimental to the peace and stability of the country and the region. She quoted the report as stating that UN experts further "noted the continuous presence of Turkish backed Syrian fighters in the Government of National Unity Affiliated Forces military camps in Tripoli". Such actions meant that Turkiye was guilty of "blatant disregard" for UNSC resolutions, according to Kamboj, calling it a cause for serious concern. The Indian representative reiterated that "the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Libya must be safeguarded.

Migrants whose boat was intercepted off the Libyan coast near Misrata in April are brought to a reception centre near Tripoli. Photograph: Mahmud Turkia /Getty ImagesThe number of refugees and migrants forced back to Libya from the central Mediterranean Sea since the EU began to support the interceptions of people trying to reach Europe has passed 100,000, according to analysis by The Irish Times. These include 32,425 people intercepted at sea last year, and 14,157 so far this year. In 2017, the EU began supporting the Libyan coastguard to intercept men, women and children who were trying to reach Europe. According to the International Rescue Committee, an unknown number of refugees and migrants fled from a detention centre inside the affected area.

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In a press statement on Thursday, the council members condemned the violent clashes perpetrated by armed groups in Libya's Tripoli on August 27, which resulted in civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure. The council members "called on all parties to preserve the prevailing calm on the ground," said the statement. They called upon the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special representative immediately, Xinhua news agency reported. They urged Libyan parties to respect international law, particularly regarding the protection of civilians, and called on all parties to allow and facilitate full, safe and unhindered humanitarian access. September 02, 2022 Other United NationsDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by FreshersLIVE.Publisher : IANS-Media

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ArrowRight The last U.N. special representative, Jan Kubis, resigned last Nov. 23 after 10 months on the job, and a number of candidates proposed by Guterres were rejected by council members, Libya or neighboring countries. In December, Guterres appointed veteran American diplomat Stephanie Williams, a former U.N. deputy special representative in Libya, as his special adviser — a job that did not require council approval. Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The oil-rich county has for years been split between rival administrations, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments. AdvertisementFrench Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere was asked at a news conference whether Dbeiba’s opposition to Bathily would be a problem in trying to end Libya’s political crisis.

Welcome to the first edition of ‘This Week in the Middle East’, a weekly round-up of what happened in the Middle East and North Africa, written by myself, Abubakr al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera Digital’s Middle East Editor. A day later, al-Sadr chastised his supporters and gave them an hour to go home – they immediately obeyed. Calm was restored, but in the 24 hours between those two announcements, at least 30 people were killed. It was the worst violence in Iraq in years, with gunfire and explosions heard throughout the administrative centre of the capital. Reprisal attacks by United States forces and pro-government militias in eastern Syria last week reminded a lot of people of the continued US presence in the country.

TRIPOLI, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday that it evacuated more than 100 asylum seekers from Libya to Rwanda. "More than 100 vulnerable asylum seekers have been evacuated on a flight out of Libya to Rwanda," the UNHCR said in a statement. The asylum seekers, including 38 children, are from different African countries, it added. "We are also grateful to the relevant Libyan authorities for their support in facilitating necessary formalities for these humanitarian evacuation flights," it noted. According to the International Organization for Migration, 14,157 illegal immigrants have been rescued at sea and returned to Libya so far in 2022.

Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdel Hamid Dabaiba, signed with his Maltese counterpart, Robert Abela, two cooperation agreements between the two countries. This came on the sidelines of talks that Dabaiba held Wednesday in the Maltese capital Valletta with his Maltese counterpart, Robert Abela, in the presence of the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Siddiq Al-Kabir, and a number of ministers of Dabaiba’s government. Dabaiba government said in a statement Thursday that the two agreements provide for joint cooperation in the field of electrical interconnection and renewable energies. It also stipulated activating the work of the Libyan-Maltese Joint Committee to review the agreements concluded between the two countries.

UNITED NATIONS : U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to appoint a former Senegalese minister to lead U.N. efforts to broker peace in Libya, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The 15-member U.N. Security Council needs to agree by consensus to the appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the U.N. special envoy for Libya. If there are no objections, then Bathily's appointment will be approved on Friday evening. Guterres had informally proposed two other people to fill the role, but the Security Council could not agree. Libya has had little peace since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted longtime autocrat Muammar Gaddafi, splitting the nation in 2014 between rival eastern and western factions and dragging in regional powers.

The Libyan outgoing Prime Minister, Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, met Thursday Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and Head of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan. The Prime Minister’s media office said in a brief statement that the meeting, held in Istanbul, came within the framework of “unifying international and local efforts to support the elections in Libya.”Dabaiba’s visit to Turkey was not announced in advance, knowing that he visited Malta Wednesday with the Governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Siddiq Al-Kabeer, and other Ministers of Dabaiba’s government.

John LocherOne year ago: Relentless rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida sent the New York City area into a state of emergency, as water poured into homes and subway stations and left vehicles nearly submerged on major roadways, the storm would leave nearly 50 people dead in six Eastern states. Three days after Ida battered Louisiana and parts of Mississippi as the fifth-most-powerful hurricane to strike the U.S., about a million homes and businesses still had no electricity, and hundreds of thousands of people lacked running water.

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UNSMIL called on parties to resolve disputes through dialogue and reiterates that the current political impasse can only be resolved through inclusive national elections that enable the Libyan people to choose their leaders and renew the legitimacy of institutions. “Libyan leaders must agree on a pathway to elections without delay,” The UN Mission said in its statement.

Tripoli, September 1: Libyan authorities have announced the recovery of 15 unidentified bodies from two mass graves in the city of Sirte, some 450 km east of the capital Tripoli. One mass grave contained seven bodies while the other contained eight, it said, adding their DNA samples would be compared with those of the relatives of the registered missing. Watch Video:Libyan authorities say 15 bodies were exhumed from two mass graves in the coastal city of Sirte pic.twitter.com/wgep7ILNgU — TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) September 1, 2022As of August, teams from the Authority have extracted 286 bodies from about 100 secret grave sites. The teams have successfully identified 154 victims through DNA matching, and efforts are currently underway to identify more of the victims. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).