UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Friday blocked the appointment of former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad to be the new UN envoy to Libya. Haley said the United States was “disappointed” to see the letter from Guterres, his first appointment of an envoy to a major conflict area. Fayyad, 64, was prime minister of the Palestinian Authority from 2007 to 2013, and also served as finance minister twice. He had been tapped to replace Martin Kobler of Germany, who has been the Libya envoy since November 2015. US President Donald Trump and Haley have criticized the United Nations for adopting a resolution in December that demanded an end to Israeli settlement building.

Source: Libya Today February 11, 2017 00:56 UTC