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The Latest Breaking News from Libya

More than 60 migrants feared drowned off Libya, says UN

Vessel capsized after leaving city of Zuwara on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Sixty-one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya

Sixty-one migrants, including women and children, drowned following a shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya said.

Radio France Internationale

61 migrants drown in shipwreck off coast of Libya

As many as 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a "tragic shipwreck" off the coast of Libya, said the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Read further on Dynamite News:

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More than 60 people drowned when a migrant vessel capsized off Libya, U.N. says

The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea along a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a better life in Europe.

WEKU

More than 60 feared dead as migrant vessel capsizes on route to Europe from Libya

More than 2,250 people have lost their lives in central part of Mediterranean this year

The Independent UK

Asylum seekers housed at ex-RAF base tried to kill themselves, study says

Report calls for immediate closure of Wethersfield as conditions are causing irreparable harm to residents

The Guardian - UK

Mourning and worrying about the future in rural Egypt

As Egyptians worry about the economy, a rural family torn apart by tragedy faces a crisis without their main earners.

Al Jazeera

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Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact

A strange type of glass that was discovered in 1933 in the Libyan desert may come from a meteorite, an analysis shows, but impact crater is still missing.

Space

‘Too terrified to leave the house’: Internet trolls in Libya target women

From death threats to smear campaigns, Libyan women working for change are being silenced online.

Al Jazeera

Libyan militias ‘making a killing’ off kidnapping refugees for ransom

Refugee Salem Doma was tortured and held for ransom in Bani Walid, Libya, another victim of human trafficking.

Al Jazeera

Niger coup leader repeals law aimed at slowing migration to Europe

The head of Niger's military regime has repealed a law criminalising the trafficking of migrants. The country is a hub for those seeking to reach Europe via neighbouring Libya and Algeria.

Radio France Internationale

Russia Is the Loser in the Israel-Hamas War

Moscow’s decade as the arbiter of the Middle East is coming to an end.

Foreign Policy

Libyan desert's yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards

The Great Sand Sea Desert stretches over an area of 72,000km² linking Egypt and Libya. If you find yourself in a particular part of the desert in south-east Libya and south-western parts of Egypt, you’ll spot pieces of yellow glass scattered across the sandy landscape.

The Conversation

Two months after flood in Libya’s Derna, mental anguish still takes lives

The damage left behind is more than physical as people mourn lost loved ones and deal with their own trauma.

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The Guardian - UK

Rewarding failure? With David Cameron’s return, it’s being celebrated like never before

After his triumph in Libya I can’t wait to see what Lord Failed State achieves as foreign secretary, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Brexit to pints with Xi: why David Cameron is a controversial foreign secretary

As former UK PM makes a return to cabinet, we look at his somewhat chequered record on global stage

Al Jazeera

‘A real hell’: The climate refugees of Libya’s floods and regional strife

Libya’s city of Derna was already host to migrants — its floods have now created a new generation of climate refugees.

Al Jazeera

In a Tunisian town, Sudanese refugees wait in fear for UN protection

Hundreds of Sudanese refugees are cornered in the Zarzis olive groves, fearing local anger and hoping for UN protection.

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The Independent UK

Adel Omran, Associated Press video producer in Libya, dies at 46

Adel Omran, a video producer in chaos-stricken Libya for The Associated Press, has died

Radio France Internationale

Libya's road to democracy remains blocked as political stalemate endures

Libya's electoral commission has told the United Nations it can only start a countdown to national elections after resolution of the question of forming a new government.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: thousands who bought ‘golden passports’ through Dominica’s $1bn scheme

Former Afghan spymaster, convicted millionaire and former Libyan colonel among those who became Dominican citizens

Al Jazeera

The Libyan divers facing daily horror to retrieve Derna’s dead

Libyan divers are left to find bodies still missing at sea after most international relief teams left.

Al Jazeera

By sea, by land: Desperate refugees still transit Morocco to get to Europe

A month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people, the stream of refugees transiting Morocco to Europe continues.

The Independent UK

NGO rescue ship saves 258 migrants off Libya in two operations

A nonprofit rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya has saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning

The Independent UK

UN envoy calls for a 'unified mechanism' to lead reconstruction of Libya's flood-wrecked city

The United Nations’ top official in divided Libya has called for a unified mechanism to lead the reconstruction a coastal city that was wrecked by devastating floods last month

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