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"Could Have Issued Warnings": UN Says Libya Flood Deaths Were Avoidable
- Thursday September 14, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya's flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly.
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Professors From Top Universities Demand Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Professors from top universities and research institutes are together demanding a ban on the use of lethal autonomous weapons against humans. In their appeal to the world governments, they cited a recent UN report of a drone airstrike in Libya by a devious Turkish-made weapons system, STM Kargu-2, that needed no human oversight.
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UN Report Finds Trump Ally Violated Libya Arms Embargo: Report
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Private security contractor and ally of former US President Trump Erik Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, UN investigators have found in a report detailed by US media on Friday.
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Nearly 100 Migrants "Still Floating In Mediterranean, Risk Drowning": UN
- Monday July 27, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Libya Migrants: Around 100 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya have run into difficulty in the Mediterranean and could drown, the UN said Monday, urging a rapid rescue.
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North Korea Gets Illegal Oil, Enlists Syria Arms Broker: UN Report
- Saturday August 4, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea has resorted to a "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade UN sanctions and enlisted a Syrian arms broker to sell weapons to Yemen and Libya, a UN report said Friday.
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Libya Jihadist Group Ansar al-Sharia Says It Has Dissolved
- Sunday May 28, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN and the United States, announced its "dissolution" in a communique published online on Saturday.
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
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Libya's Government Condemns France For Not Coordinating Military Presence
- Thursday July 21, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Libya's UN backed unity government has said France had not coordinated with it over the presence of French troops in Libya and that it would not compromise on its sovereignty after France announced the deaths of three of its soldiers there.
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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
- Wednesday June 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
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Increasing Conflicts Show Need For UN Security Council Reform, Says India
- Thursday May 26, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
India today said "inability" of the UN Security Council to prevent emergence of conflicts in various parts of the globe including in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan has underlined the need for its urgent reform.
- www.ndtv.com
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Key Countries Back Unity Government In Stabilising Libya
- Friday April 8, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Britain, France and Russia say they are supporting the new United Nations-brokered unity government in Libya and urged international support for its efforts to reunite and stabilize the deeply divided country.
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UN Moves To Shore Up Libya's New Unity Government
- Saturday April 2, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously welcomed the Libyan unity government's move to Tripoli and said it was time to cut off ties with rival administrations.
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UN Chief Urges Swift Handover Of Power In Libya
- Wednesday March 30, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
UN chief Ban Ki-moon pleaded Tuesday for Libya's unity government to be allowed to start work quickly and called for anyone obstructing the peace process to be held accountable.
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ISIS Is Now Expanding In Libya: UN Experts
- Friday March 11, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
The political and security vacuum in Libya is being exploited by the ISIS terror group which has "significantly expanded" the territory it controls in the conflict-torn north African nation, UN experts said in a report circulated on Thursday.
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UN Calls On UAE To Release 5 Libyans Allegedly Tortured
- Monday February 15, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
UN human rights experts are calling on the United Arab Emirates to release five Libyans, including three with Canadian or US dual citizenship, who were allegedly tortured while in detention over the last year and a half.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Could Have Issued Warnings": UN Says Libya Flood Deaths Were Avoidable
- Thursday September 14, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The United Nations said Thursday that most of the thousands of deaths in Libya's flood disaster could have been averted if early warning and emergency management systems had functioned properly.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Professors From Top Universities Demand Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons
- Saturday June 19, 2021
- Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
Professors from top universities and research institutes are together demanding a ban on the use of lethal autonomous weapons against humans. In their appeal to the world governments, they cited a recent UN report of a drone airstrike in Libya by a devious Turkish-made weapons system, STM Kargu-2, that needed no human oversight.
- www.gadgets360.com
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UN Report Finds Trump Ally Violated Libya Arms Embargo: Report
- Saturday February 20, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Private security contractor and ally of former US President Trump Erik Prince violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya, UN investigators have found in a report detailed by US media on Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Nearly 100 Migrants "Still Floating In Mediterranean, Risk Drowning": UN
- Monday July 27, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Libya Migrants: Around 100 migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya have run into difficulty in the Mediterranean and could drown, the UN said Monday, urging a rapid rescue.
- www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Gets Illegal Oil, Enlists Syria Arms Broker: UN Report
- Saturday August 4, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea has resorted to a "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products at sea to evade UN sanctions and enlisted a Syrian arms broker to sell weapons to Yemen and Libya, a UN report said Friday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Libya Jihadist Group Ansar al-Sharia Says It Has Dissolved
- Sunday May 28, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Libyan jihadist group Ansar al-Sharia, which is linked to Al-Qaeda and deemed a terrorist organisation by the UN and the United States, announced its "dissolution" in a communique published online on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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As ISIS Closed In, Officials Raced To Remove Chemical-Weapon Materials
- Wednesday September 14, 2016
- World News | Missy Ryan and Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post
Late last year, as Islamic State fighters battled to expand their stronghold on Libya's coast, militants came within 45 miles of the country's sole remaining chemical-weapons site, unnerving Libyan and American officials who feared that potentially deadly chemicals could fall into extremist hands.
- www.ndtv.com
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Libya's Government Condemns France For Not Coordinating Military Presence
- Thursday July 21, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Libya's UN backed unity government has said France had not coordinated with it over the presence of French troops in Libya and that it would not compromise on its sovereignty after France announced the deaths of three of its soldiers there.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up Over 1,000 Migrants
- Wednesday June 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week, mostly as barely seaworthy smuggling boats foundered and sank despite calm seas and sunny skies, a migration agency said Tuesday, citing new accounts from survivors.
- www.ndtv.com
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Increasing Conflicts Show Need For UN Security Council Reform, Says India
- Thursday May 26, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
India today said "inability" of the UN Security Council to prevent emergence of conflicts in various parts of the globe including in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Afghanistan has underlined the need for its urgent reform.
- www.ndtv.com
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Key Countries Back Unity Government In Stabilising Libya
- Friday April 8, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Britain, France and Russia say they are supporting the new United Nations-brokered unity government in Libya and urged international support for its efforts to reunite and stabilize the deeply divided country.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UN Moves To Shore Up Libya's New Unity Government
- Saturday April 2, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously welcomed the Libyan unity government's move to Tripoli and said it was time to cut off ties with rival administrations.
- www.ndtv.com
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UN Chief Urges Swift Handover Of Power In Libya
- Wednesday March 30, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
UN chief Ban Ki-moon pleaded Tuesday for Libya's unity government to be allowed to start work quickly and called for anyone obstructing the peace process to be held accountable.
- www.ndtv.com
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ISIS Is Now Expanding In Libya: UN Experts
- Friday March 11, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
The political and security vacuum in Libya is being exploited by the ISIS terror group which has "significantly expanded" the territory it controls in the conflict-torn north African nation, UN experts said in a report circulated on Thursday.
- www.ndtv.com
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UN Calls On UAE To Release 5 Libyans Allegedly Tortured
- Monday February 15, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
UN human rights experts are calling on the United Arab Emirates to release five Libyans, including three with Canadian or US dual citizenship, who were allegedly tortured while in detention over the last year and a half.
- www.ndtv.com