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July 10, 2023 18:57 UTC

Petros Karadjias/APCAIRO (AP) — A court in eastern Libya sentenced five people to life in prison after they were convicted of human trafficking over the deaths of 11 migrants who were on a rickety boat trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the office of Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday. The court in the city of Bayda also sentenced nine other defendants to 15 years in prison each, the office of General Prosecutor al-Sediq al-Sourr said in a statement. Another 24 others were jailed for a year, the statement added.

July 10, 2023 18:53 UTC

Prime Minister Robert Abela insisted Tunisia remains a crucial partner in tackling the Mediterranean migrant crisis. The PM said Tunisia, a country which is also impacted by the migration crisis, remains a crucial partner in tackling the issue. Renewable energy cooperationPrime Minister Robert Abela stated renewable sources are the future of energy technology. Abela said Tunisia is a crucial partner in the development of such projects, which he said will benefit the people of both countries. The leaders also discussed ongoing talks between the EU and Tunisia on a comprehensive partnership package focused on strengthening economic and trade ties, an energy partnership, migration and people-to-people contactsPrime Minister Robert Abela was accompanied by Foreign Minister Ian Borg and Home Minister Byron Camilleri.

July 10, 2023 16:51 UTC

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July 10, 2023 11:24 UTC

Those agreed facts are decided upon solely by the accused company and prosecutors. "This being just the second remediation agreement to be approved in Canada, there is still much to learn." In principle, an agreed statement of facts cannot be unsettled based on the possible existence of contradictory evidence." In principle, an agreed statement of facts cannot be unsettled based on the possible existence of contradictory evidence." But she said it's highly likely that when the remediation agreement regime was devised, a scenario like this simply wasn't contemplated.

July 10, 2023 10:04 UTC





Morocco’s national team, the Atlas Lionesses, will make its debut this month at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the first to qualify from the Arab world, where many are wild for the men’s game. The national team’s upcoming Women's World Cup appearance follows their male counterpart’s history making feat as the first African or Arab team to reach the World Cup semifinals. She hopes the national team can make Moroccan women’s soccer proud at the World Cup. Coach Pedros recently told reporters of the Moroccan team's Women's World Cup ambitions. She expects these regional efforts to be bolstered by Morocco's participation in the World Cup.

July 10, 2023 08:14 UTC

But Espino’s experience highlights a potential flaw in the process: the judges who decide whether to approve the deals are unable to consider whether the agreed facts that underpin the agreements are true. Those agreed facts are decided upon solely by the accused company and prosecutors. “When presented with a remediation agreement, a court must accept the facts as exposed by the prosecutor and the accused organization,” David wrote. In court, Crown prosecutors stood behind the agreed statement of facts. “When presented with a remediation agreement, a court must accept the facts as exposed by the prosecutor and the accused organization,” David ruled.

July 10, 2023 08:06 UTC

Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity in Libya, Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, announced the lifting of the air embargo imposed on Libyan civilian aviation over Italian airspace after being in place for approximately 10 years. Dbeibah stated in a tweet on Twitter today, Sunday, that the Italian government "has decided to lift its air embargo to resume direct flights between Libya and Italy in September of this year." Dbeibah commended the efforts of the transportation sector and the Libyan-Italian committee formed for this purpose, praising the efforts of all those who contributed to achieving this breakthrough in facilitating visa issuance and air navigation between the two countries. Earlier, Dbeibah formed a committee to communicate with Italy to lift the Italian embargo on Libyan civilian aviation, in light of the improved relations between the two countries, especially after signing a contract worth eight billion dollars with "ENI" in January of last year for investment in two offshore gas fields. Some airlines have started to resume operations in the past two years, such as Tunisair and EgyptAir.

July 10, 2023 06:46 UTC

Commercial flights between Italy and conflict-torn Libya will resume in September after the Italian government agreed to lift a 10-year-long ban on civil aviation in the North African nation, one of Libya's rival governments said Sunday. Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, said on Twitter that the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni informed his government of the decision. Italy and other European countries banned Libyan flights from their airspace as the country descended into chaos. Over the past decade, Libya has had direct flights to limited destinations, including cities in neighboring Egypt and Tunisia, and other Middle Eastern countries, such as Jordan. A Libyan government statement said the two countries have agreed that one airliner from each country would operate flights starting in September.

July 10, 2023 06:43 UTC

CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival governments says commercial flights between Italy and conflict-torn Libya will resume in September after the Italian government agreed to lift a 10-year-long ban on civil aviation in the North African nation. Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, said on Twitter that the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni informed his government of the decision Sunday. He called the removal of the ban a “breakthrough.” Oil-rich Libya plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. In the disarray that followed, the country split into rival administrations in the east and west, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking hereIf you would like to share a story idea, please submit it here.

July 10, 2023 05:57 UTC

A man from Benin was killed in May and a Tunisian man on July 3. No nongovernmental groups had access to the area, so Human Rights Watch could not independently confirm these accounts. One video the migrants sent to Human Rights Watch showed a woman describing sexual assault apparently by Tunisian security forces. A man expelled to the Libyan border by Tunisian authorities on July 5, 2023 shows his head injury and bloody shirt. “There is no time to waste.”Via Human Rights Watch

July 10, 2023 04:10 UTC

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July 09, 2023 22:03 UTC

GUJRAT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Sunday claimed to have arrested one of the two main human traffickers in connection with the Greece and Libya shipwreck tragedies from Gujrat. As many as nine cases have been registered in the FIA Gujrat anti-human trafficking circle. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had directed authorities concerned to hold an inquiry into the human trafficking that led to the tragic incident of migrants shipwreck near Greece with several Pakistani nationals onboard. Earlier in June, FIA Deputy Director Tariq Masood said that human traffickers residing in foreign countries will be brought to Pakistan via Interpol. On Monday, the FIA had decided to blacklist the passports of the suspected human traffickers involved in the Greek shipwreck incident and charge them under the Anti-Money Laundering Act.

July 09, 2023 19:26 UTC

The USA has been the strongest economy in the world since the Second World War. It possessed almost two thirds of the global gold reserves which gave it immense financial strength and consequently legitimized the US Dollar as a Global Reserve Currency. The same confidence is being shown by the yuan as Pakistan has reportedly paid yuan to Russia in return for crude oil. These are all prerequisites for a currency to attain global reserve status and China certainly possesses a leverage in that regard. It has lent military and economic support to Pakistan and has been its most reliable diplomatic partner as well, especially in the UN.

July 09, 2023 18:28 UTC

TRIPOLI, July 9 (Reuters) - Italy has lifted a 10-year-long ban on Libyan civil aviation using Italian airspace, with flights due to resume from September, the Libyan government said on Sunday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni informed her Libyan counterpart Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah of the decision on Sunday, the Libyan government said in a statement. Flights out of Libya have long been limited to destinations such as Tunisia, Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and Sudan, with the European Union banning Libyan civil aviation from its airspace. Libyan and Italian authorities agreed that flights would be operated by one carrier from each country, the statement said. (Writing by Adam Makary in Cairo and Tom Perry in Beirut; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle and Alexander Smith)

July 09, 2023 18:14 UTC