Mumbai: Indian equity and the currency market opened on a flat note on Tuesday as investors feared a further rise in crude oil prices owing to concerns over exports from war-torn Libya. The oil prices were already on the rise over US sanctions in Iran and Venezuela which has curtailed[Read More…]
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US issues travel warning for Niger; urged Americans not to travel to African country
The US State Department has issued a travel warning to Niger and urged American citizens not to travel to the African country or surrounding areas due to “terrorist activity, kidnappings and high rate of crime”, the media reported. “Terrorist organisations, armed groups, and smugglers operate in the areas bordering Mali,[Read More…]
Manchester blast: PM Theresa May confirms suspected suicide bomber
According to the British police, the suspected suicide bomber of the tragic Manchester blast, that claimed 22 lives, has been suspected a 22-year-old Salman Abedi. He was born in Manchester in 1994 to parents of Libyan origin, US security officials said, citing British intelligence officials. UK Prime Minister Theresa May[Read More…]
Drugs worth $75 million supplied to ISIS by India, say reports
The Italian police seized a shipload of tramadol, a drug, on Wednesday, which they claim to be sold to the Islamic States in Libya from India, as per media reports. Labelled as blankets and shampoo,37 million tramadols, worth $75 million, were found packed in three containers near the port of[Read More…]
20 migrants drown off caost of Libya
100 migrants feared missing after boat sinks off Libyan coast
Nearly 100 migrants were feared missing after their boat sank off the Libyan coast near Tripoli on Thursday, a coastguard official said. 23 migrants were rescued from the craft off Gargaresh, a western suburb of Tripoli, Coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem said. According to survivors, the inflatable boat had set off[Read More…]
Mumbra man in Libyan army’s custody for IS connection
Tabrez Tambe, a 28-year-old Mumbra resident who allegedly fled to Libya to join the terror Islamic State (IS). Mumbra man in Libyan army’s custody, efforts on to bring him back to the country. He has been booked under a specific law which concerns the prevention of Unlawful Activities (UAPA). “We have[Read More…]
Indian doctor rescued from ISIS
Bodies of 74 migrants wash up on Libya beach: Red Crescent
Libya plane hijack: All passengers released, hijackers surrender
All passengers and crew on board an Afriqiyah Airways flight which has been hijacked from Libya and diverted to Malta where it landed earlier on Friday, have been freed. The hijackers have surrendered, Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted this evening. Hijackers surrendered, searched and taken in custody. — Joseph[Read More…]
Over 42 drown, 150 rescued as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean off Egypt
More than 42 people have drowned after a migrant boat capsized off the Egyptian coast on Wednesday. Ferrying around 600 passengers, the boat capsized off the coast of Kafr al-Sheikh and around 150 people have been rescued till now, officials said. This incident comes after the head of the EU’s[Read More…]