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  400 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Libya

  World | April 15, 2015 9:16 IST

  Rome: Survivors of a capsized migrant boat off Libya have told the aid group Save the Children that an estimated 400 people are believed to have drowned. Even before the survivors were interviewed, Italy's Coast

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  Hospital chain offers jobs to nurses returning from Yemen

  India | April 11, 2015 17:15 IST

  Kochi: UAE-based Aster DM Healthcare, headed by leading medical professional Azad Moopen, on Saturday offered jobs to Indian nurses who have recently returned from Yemen.In a statement issued here, the company said it is willing

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  Libya says 11 oil fields non-operational after IS attacks

  World | March 05, 2015 17:35 IST

  Tripoli: Libya's state-run oil corporation has declared 11 oil fields in the country non-operational after attacks by suspected Islamic State militants, opting for a force majeure clause that exempts the state from contractual obligations.The statement

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  3 arrested in Morocco before joining IS in Libya

  World | February 23, 2015 14:43 IST

  Rabat: Moroccan security services have arrested three people in Casablanca and Oujda who were attempting to join the IS terrorist organization in Libya, the interior ministry said in a statement.The three men, originally from Sidi

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  Islamic State militants find a foothold in chaotic Libya

  World | February 19, 2015 17:13 IST

  Cairo: Libya, virtually a failed state in recent years, has succeeded in one way: It's providing a perfect opportunity for the Islamic State group to expand from Syria and Iraq to establish a strategic foothold

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  UN: At least 300 migrants unaccounted in new Italian sea tragedy

  World | February 11, 2015 19:21 IST

  Rome: Survivors of another deadly Mediterranean crossing reported Wednesday that some 300 migrants were unaccounted-for in the frigid open seas, as the U.N. refugee agency and other aid groups sharply criticized the new EU rescue

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  UN chief condemns Libya hotel attack

  World | January 29, 2015 7:26 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon Wednesday condemned "in the strongest terms" the attack on a hotel in Libya, which killed at least eight people Tuesday.Ban expressed his condolences to the families of

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  UN Security Council condemned Libya hotel attack

  World | January 28, 2015 6:45 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council strongly condemned the terrorist attack on the Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, Libya, which killed at least eight people.In a press statement Tuesday, the Security Council members expressed their sympathy

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  France says ready to strike extremists on Libya border

  World | January 06, 2015 6:53 IST

  Paris: France said Monday its troops south of Libya are ready to strike extremists crossing the border, but the speaker of Libya's internationally recognized parliament rejected any Western military intervention in his country.International concern has

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  UN Security Council condemns escalating violence in Libya

  World | November 27, 2014 7:54 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned the escalation in violence in Libya, urging constructive efforts to resume an inclusive political process to address the security challenges facing the country.In a press

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  Report clears Obama administration on Benghazi attack

  World | November 22, 2014 12:03 IST

  Washington: A two-year Congressional probe into an attack on a US diplomatic post in Libya's Benghazi city has cleared the Obama administration of accusations of mishandling its response, media reports said Saturday.The report released Friday

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  28 killed in continued offensive in Libya

  World | October 27, 2014 8:12 IST

  Tripoli: At least 28 people were killed Sunday in offensive between Libyan army units backed by armed supporters of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar and Islamist militants in the Libyan city of Benghazi, military said."The

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  Libyan army troops advance into Benghazi

  World | October 23, 2014 10:04 IST

  Benghazi: Libyan army troops today pushed into Benghazi, the first time in two months that government forces had entered the eastern city, which has been under control of Islamist militias.The advance was a significant boost

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  Islamist Militants resist assault on Libya's Benghazi

  World | October 17, 2014 7:38 IST

  Benghazi: Islamist militias held their ground today in the face of an assault by an ex-general backed by army units aimed at retaking Libya's second city of Benghazi, military sources said.Medics, revising an earlier toll,

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  UN chief visits Libya, appeals warring factions for dialogue

  World | October 12, 2014 6:44 IST

  Tripoli: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday arrived in Libya in an unannounced visit to encourage political dialogue between the warring factions in the country.The meeting was attended by 12 lawmakers from Libya's parliament House

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  World leaders give their annual speeches at the UN

  World | September 28, 2014 8:35 IST

  United Nation: World leaders gathered on Saturday for the fourth day of the annual ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to address the state of their countries and the world. Here are highlights from

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  Narendra Modi has united Hindus against terrorists: Shiv Sena

  Politics | September 07, 2014 12:45 IST

  Mumbai: Reacting strongly to Al Qaeda chief Al-Zawahiri's statement that the terror outfit would intensify attacks against India, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said it was nursing a pipe dream."Al-Zawahiri has threatened that the Al

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  Boat carrying 100 migrants capsizes off Libya

  World | August 31, 2014 20:01 IST

  Tripoli (Libya): A boat carrying more than 100 migrants capsized off the coast near the Libyan capital, a coast guard official said Sunday.Abdel-Latif Mohammed said the coast guard found the damaged rubber boat off the

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  UN Security Council urges for immediate ceasefire in Libya

  World | August 28, 2014 7:25 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution on Libya, calling for an immediate ceasefire while expanding sanctions on those who involved in the violence there.The 15-member council "called on all parties

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  Libya's Tripoli airport captured by Islamist militants

  World | August 24, 2014 7:23 IST

  Tripoli: Libya's Islamist militants' coalition Libya Dawn announced on Saturday that they have taken the Tripoli international airport, a crucial stronghold for the Zintan pro-secular militias, a TV report said.An Al Nabaa TV report showed