Seoul, April 14 (IANS) South Korean foreign minister Cho Hyun said on Tuesday that the foreign ministry has dispatched envoys to Algeria and Libya and is seeking to send additional envoys to secure alternative supply routes amid the Middle East crisis.Cho made the remarks during a Cabinet meeting after President Lee Jae Myung called on the government to explore supply chain alternatives as the United States’ war against Iran has choked off the crucial Strait of Hormuz and disrupted maritime traf…
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Tripoli, April 6 (IANS) Libya’s oil production has risen to about 1.43 million barrels per day, the highest level recorded in over a decade, Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation Masoud Suleiman announced. Suleiman on Sunday (local time) said during a meeting that oil sales revenue for February exceeded 2 billion US dollars and was fully transferred to the state treasury without any deductions, a first in years, reports Xinhua news agency.He also noted that domestic fuel supplies remain s…
Addis Ababa, April 6 (IANS) The African Union (AU) and its partners have warned that the ongoing Middle East conflict poses a “serious risk” to African economies.In a joint policy brief, the AU, the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, and the UN Development Program warned that the longer the conflict lasts and the more severe the disruption on shipping routes, energy, and fertilizer supplies, the greater the risk of a significant growth slowdown acro…
Tripoli, April 5 (IANS) The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has said that 63 casualties from explosive remnants of war were recorded in 2025 alone, including 21 children. Repeated armed conflicts and unsafe ammunition storage have left a widespread legacy of explosive ordnance contamination across Libya, affecting residential areas, roads and agricultural land, UNSMIL said in a statement on Saturday (local time).Issued on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance i…
Tripoli, April 5 (IANS) The head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, has instructed that no new deals be made concerning already developed oil fields in the country, according to a report. The instruction to Masoud Suleiman, chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), confirmed Saturday (Local time) by the Presidential Council’s media office, prohibits all forms of agreements in this regard, including contractual arrangements, reports Xinhua news agency, quoting Al-Ahrar TV.Me…
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has confirmed the arrest of a most wanted human trafficker on FIA red book who was involved in the June 2023 Greece boat capsize, local media reported on Friday. The accused was earlier serving as a constable in Pakistan’s Elite Force. In January, the arrested trafficker had resisted and attacked a FIA team during a raid conducted in Majra Shumali village of Pakistan’s Gujrat district. Police had booked him for attempted mur…
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Amid the economy suffering with many loose ends on energy, logistics, digital infrastructure, education, poverty, and employment, the Pakistani government wants to establish itself as a major exporter of fighter jets, according to a report. “To be clear, an economy struggling to meet its ends-meet needs to focus on producing necessary goods for mass consumption, in order to ensure the welfare of its citizens; otherwise, the scarcity can lead to a spiral of rising infla…
Islamabad, March 28 (IANS) Pakistan, given its association with the A Q Khan network — a global nuclear smuggling chain that supplied enrichment technology to Iran, Libya, and North Korea — lacks credibility as the guardian amid its reported move to convey the American proposal to Iran and offer to host talks, a report stated. “This is not mediation. It is control. Whoever defines the room defines the outcome. And this file defines security: Israel, the US, the Gulf, the West, and India. T…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Periasamy Kumaran, presently Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as India’s next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, the MEA announced on Thursday. A 1992 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Kumaran, is expected to take up the assignment shortly.He will be replacing Vikram Doraiswami who has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to China and is expected to take up the assignment shortly.Kumaran has been serving as …
Tripoli, March 23 (IANS) Armed clashes broke out in Zawiya, a city about 60 km west of Tripoli, leaving one person dead, a local daily has reported. Al-Bashti Al-Zahouf, a member of the city’s Council of Elders and Notables, told Al-Mashhad newspaper that fighting erupted in the Dila-Qamouda area between two armed factions on Sunday (Local time). And both groups are affiliated with the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU).The fighting underscores persistent tensions in Zawiya, where …