1,216 migrants have been disembarked back on Libyan shores in the period from 21 to 27 August, 2022, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). So far in 2022, 14,157 migrants have been disembarked on Libyan shores, IOM said on Monday. It added that 216 migrants died and 724 went missing in the period from 1 Jan to 27 August, 2022 on the Central Mediterranean route. in 2021, 32,425 migrants were disembarked on Libyan shores, while 662 died and 891 went missing, the Organization added

Without considering affordability, another way to rank countries is directly by the cost per liter of gasoline, regardless of a nation’s income level. On the other side of the scale, with the highest market prices, are Hong Kong, Iceland, Zimbabwe, Norway, and the Central African Republic. Gasoline in Latin AmericaThe affordability ranking compares gasoline prices in 150 countries, although not all Latin American countries are part of the list. According to this calculation, the countries with the least expensive gasoline for their population would be Panama, Chile, and Colombia. In contrast, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador are the countries with the highest cost.

For the third time this year, violence has returned to the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli. Oil production. However, Libya's oil supply seems to be hanging on by a thread. Something similar happened last April, when Libya's oil and gas minister, Mohamed Aoun, reported that well closures and port blockades were causing losses of up to $50 million a day. Oil production fell from around 1.2 million barrels a day to 500,000 barrels a day.

India’s Ajnalens is developing extended reality (XR) immersive hardware and software. Hardware for EnterpriseAjnalens is building a rich portfolio of XR hardware for enterprises. The immersive training solution supplies physical tools to simulate real-world skills and tasks from an immersive space. Building India’s First MetaverseThe Maharashtra-based firm also assists developers in entering the emerging Metaverse marketplace with India’s first “industry certified” creator program. Large-scale XR industry leaders, including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and Epic Games, also participate in the course.

The gaming landscape stands as one of the most versatile and compelling areas for the development of extended reality technology. Today, to provide an insight into the opportunities for XR in the gaming landscape, we’re going to be looking at some of the most impressive case studies from the last few years. Following a successful experience with Unity Hybrid Scaling for Apex Legends, Respawn decided to work with Unity once again on its new immersive experience. The company developed a gaming experience where users can enhance their scoring abilities, agility, teamplay, and even boost their instincts in virtual reality. Spatial sound is one of the most impressive features of the Microsoft HoloLens environment, helping users to feel more deeply connected to a mixed reality environment.

The Speaker of Libya’s House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, and the Chairman of the High Council of State , Khaled Al-Mishri, will hold a brief meeting in Cairo tomorrow, Wednesday, August 31, Italian news agency Nova reports. Citing unnamed “Libyan parliamentary source”, Nova stated the meeting would cover the most controversial issues of the basic constitution for the elections, namely the articles on the dual citizenship of the next president and the candidacy of military personnel. According to Nova’s source, Saleh does not intend to withdraw the confidence of the designated prime minister, Fathi Bashagha.

Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya announced on Monday that is monitoring the unfolding situation in the country’s capital and compiling evidence of human rights violations, few days after clashes erupted between armed groups causing the death of 32 people with 159 injured. In a statement published on the website of the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the mission said that its investigators are “monitoring reports of indiscriminate shelling resulting in civilian deaths and massive destruction of civilian property, including vehicles, houses, buildings, and medical facilities.”“The FFM Libya condemns the use of force and violence with heavy weapons and the failure by armed groups to take measures to safeguard civilians and civilian property from the impact of the fighting, and to take precautionary measures,” it said. The mission affirmed that it is “monitoring the unfolding situation and is compiling evidence of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law with a view to ensuring that those responsible for international crimes are brought to justice.”It also urged the Libyan authorities to “utilize maximum restraint and engage in dialogue to resolve political differences to facilitate a transition to peace, democracy, human rights and rule of law in Libya.”

1 The United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya urges all parties involved in the hostilities in Tripoli to refrain from any further military escalation and to protect the human rights of civilians, including their lives and property, and to comply with international humanitarian law, amid reports. 2 of armed clashes in Tripoli in recent days, particularly intense fighting between various armed groups, which involved indiscriminate shooting in densely populated neighborhoods of the capital. 6 The Libyan FFM also reminds all parties of their combined obligations under international human rights law and international humanitarian law to protect civilians and civilian objects, in particular, while respecting the principles of international humanitarian law of distinction. 7 between civilians and combatants; the prohibition of attacks against those not taking part in hostilities; need; and proportionality in the attack. 8 The FFM Libya is monitoring the development of the situation and is collecting evidence of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in order to ensure that those responsible for international crimes are brought to justice.

The situation in Libya worsened on Monday after at least 32 people were killed in clashes between supporters of rival governments. The violent clashes come months after rising tensions between supporters of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dabiba and Fati Bashaga. The Health Ministry has confirmed 32 deaths in the violent clashes. At the same time, after the violent clashes, both the sides are blaming each other. According to the Dabiba government, a meeting was called to prevent violent clashes in the western city, but the conflict escalated after talks.

The Deputy Prime Minister, who is the Acting Minister of Health, Ramadan Abu Jinnah, has discussed with the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Libya, Shamim-Uz-Zaman, the mechanisms for optimal utilization of Bangladeshi medical and auxiliary medical staff in operating hospitals and medical centers in southern Libya. During a broad meeting attended by Director of International Cooperation, Azzam Al-Qamoudi, the two parties discussed a number of issues, such as pharmaceutical industries, and international manufacturing companies that have Bangladesh as their headquarters, due to cheap labour. The meeting concluded with an agreement to form a technical committee from the Ministry of Health to visit factories specialized in pharmaceutical industries in Bangladesh, in addition to holding meetings with health officials there to discuss cooperation and exchange of experiences between the two countries.

BEIJING: China on Monday urged the United States not to be the “troublemaker for peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits,” one day after two U.S. warships sailed through the Straits. The U.S. cruisers Chancellorsville and Antietam sailed through the Taiwan Straits on Sunday, the first such transit publicized since U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a provocative visit to China’s Taiwan region on August 2. The passage of the U.S. warships was “very consistent” with the U.S. “one-China policy” and seeking “a free and open Indo-Pacific,” a White House official said on Sunday, according to Reuters. Zhao Lijian, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, refuted the U.S. claim at a regular press briefing on Monday in Beijing. “China urged the U.S. side to stop hollowing out the one-China principle, abide by the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-U.S. joint communiques honestly, and not to be the troublemaker for peace and stability of the Taiwan Straits,” he said.

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Today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:First Afghanistan imploded and now it appears Iraq and Libya are about to follow suit. Syria simmers. The fruits of US interventionism are everywhere the same: chaos and death, not the promised “triumph of peace and democracy.” Also today: Facebook exec admits FBI pushed the company to censor “the laptop from hell.”Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

The powerful eastern faction of Haftar, led by parliament speaker Aguila Saleh, has shown little inclination to compromise in its goal to depose Dbeibah and reinstate Bashagha. However, with Bashagha seemingly unable to form a coalition of western factions capable of installing him in Tripoli, they may have to reconsider. Meanwhile, diplomacy has stalled, and consensus on how to hold elections appears to be further away than ever as a long-term solution to Libya’s political conflicts. Many Libyans fear that whatever the outcome of the next round of discussions and positions would be followed by another round of violence. How does all of this affect Libya’s oil?

(AP Photo) Read moreCAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying Egyptian migrants capsized off Libya's coast, leaving two people dead and 19 more missing and presumed dead, the Libyan agency that combats illegal migration said Monday, in the latest migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. Two bodies were retrieved while 19 others remained missing and presumed dead, it said. Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East. Human traffickers in recent years have benefited from the chaos in Libya, smuggling in migrants across the country’s lengthy borders with six nations. The migrants are then packed into ill-equipped rubber boats and other vessels and set off on risky sea voyages.