Sudden armed clashes erupted on Tuesday, in the Al-Matmar area in the city of Al-Ajailat, 80 km west of the capital, Tripoli, which led to the suspension of studies in the area. The Red Crescent called on the people to stay as far away from windows and doors as possible to avoid injuries and to avoid leaving their homes without coordination, while the Education Monitoring in the city of Al-Ajailat announced the suspension of studies until further notice. Despite the cessation of the clashes, the security and government agencies did not give any information about the clashes.

Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh and the head of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS), Khalid al-Mishri, are set to meet in Egypt later this week, a council member said Wednesday. "Al-Mishri will head for Cairo today to meet with Saleh," he told Anadolu Agency (AA), requesting anonymity due to restrictions on speaking to the media. He said the two sides will discuss a host of issues, including the constitutional path, the executive authority and sovereign positions. "The constitutional committee tasked with preparing the constitutional basis will meet in Cairo after (the) al-Mishri-Saleh meeting," the council member said. Oil-rich Libya has remained in turmoil since 2011 when longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi was ousted after four decades in power.

Adds details, contextTRIPOLI Jan 4 (Reuters) - Libya's oil revenues rose to 105.5 billion Libyan dinars ($22.01 billion) in 2022 from 103.4 billion libyan dinars in 2021, the central bank said on Wednesday. The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) said it allocated 34.4 billion dinars for the state oil firm - (NOC)- as "emergency and temporary financial arrangements". The United States is pushing for a financial oversight mechanism to ensure the transparent and fair distribution of Libyan oil revenue. Total spending was 127.9 billion dinars, a 49% increase compared to 2021 when it stood at 85.8 billion dinars, the bank said. The CBL also said public salary payments were 47.1 billion dinars, up from 33.1 billion in 2021.

First Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Fawzi Al-Nuwairi, gave a briefing before the House on Tuesday on his meeting with Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sour. The HoR Spokesman, Abdullah Blehaq, said the parliament discussed during its session in Benghazi the draft law for youth and sports before referring it to the relevant committee for final review. Al-Nuwairi, who headed Tuesday's session, said he discussed with the Attorney General measures to activate the investigation authority, enhance integration between the oversight bodies and the Public Prosecution, and support the national reconciliation project. On Monday, the HoR called on the Attorney General to provide a briefing on the extradition of Abu-Ageila Masoud to the United States of America.

Tripoli, Under the slogan “Challenges of Reality and Steps to the Beginning”, the Libya International Spatial Development Forum was held today at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Tripoli. The event was held in the presence of Ramadan Boujanah, Deputy Prime Minister, Mohamed Al-Hwej, Minister of Economy and Trade, several undersecretaries, specialists and interested parties from state institutions, business leaders, and a group of dignitaries from the Libyan south. It seeks to provide a full briefing on the characteristics and advantages of the Libyan south and to draw a road map for the development of the regions of the Libyan south through transit trade and its services. Transit trade needs infrastructure expenditure: airports, ports, roads, and warehousesMinister Hwej said Libya will need four main airports in large cities to establish transit trade, deep ports to accommodate ships of large sizes and deep drafts, and two main roads. One of these transit trade roads would extend from Misrata to the southern Free Zone of Tamanhint and from there to Niger and the rest of the sub-Saharan African countries.

This week, RealWear is debuting its Navigator 520 augmented reality (AR) headset at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The RealWear Navigator 520 product is available via official resellers for $2700, with a 1-year warranty. A vital feature of the new RealWear Navigator 520 headset is its new HyperDisplay. CES 2023: RealWear Navigator 520 to Power Modern Frontline WorkforcesThe RealWear Navigator 520 device builds upon the features of previous models. CES 2023: RealWear Navigator 520 is Building on a Successful 2023The debut of RealWear’s Navigator 520 device follows a successful year for RealWear.

The Libyan Presidential Council (LPC) Deputy Head, Abdullah al-Lafi, said the issue of border demarcation between countries is not subject to unilateral action. Demarcation of borders is regulated by stable rules in international law, and is governed by recognized mechanisms that preserve the rights of all countries and prevent any encroachments outside those rules and mechanisms, Al-Lafi added, during his meeting with the head of the Land and Maritime Borders Committee, Muhammad al-Hariri, and the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces, Major General Nouruddin al-Buni. LPC Deputy Head stated that the Libyan state, like all member states of the African Union, is committed to the former Organization of African Unity’s decision to respect the borders inherited from the colonial period. Egypt had recently announced the demarcation of the western maritime borders with Libya unilaterally, which was rejected by several parties in Libya.

2023 looks to be a transformative year for extended reality (XR) technology and the companies working within the emerging space. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 is just around the corner, and many major XR firms are ready at the wings with new XR hardware. ARuVR: Immersive Learning Solutions Provider Reflects on its Achievements in XRLast week, London-based immersive learning solutions provider ARuVR reflected on a successful 2022 growth rate of over 320 percent. The growth rate enables ARuVR to scale research and development (R&D) into its enterprise-grade XR learning platform. As 2023 continues, ARuVR is building a solid team of employees, providing an expanding client list with bespoke immersive learning applications.

Central Bank of Libya (CBL) announced that public revenues amounted to 134.4 billion dinars (about $28 billion) during the past year, while public spending amounted to 127.9 billion dinars (about $26.8 billion). In his monthly statement of public revenue and expenditure, which covers the period from January 1 to December 31, 2022, revenues were distributed at 105.5 billion dinars from oil sales, 13.6 billion from oil royalties, 11.4 billion from oil royalties for previous years, and 1.4 billion dinars from taxes.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Monday said his government is ready to hold general elections in the year 2023. “The Government of National Unity and the National Elections Commission are fully prepared to hold the national elections in Libya,” Dbeibah said during a cabinet meeting. “The year 2023 is the year of elections, the year of uniting civil institutions, sectors, and organizations, and supporting national figures whose demand and the goal is to hold successful elections,” Dbeibah said. Libya failed to hold general elections in December 2021 as previously scheduled due to disagreements over election laws among the Libyan parties. The prime minister also stressed that his government’s priorities include achieving development in Libya and avoiding armed conflict and war.

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— Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Monday said his government is ready to hold general elections in the year 2023. “The Government of National Unity and the National Elections Commission are fully prepared to hold the national elections in Libya,” Dbeibah said during a cabinet meeting. “The year 2023 is the year of elections, the year of uniting civil institutions, sectors, and organizations, and supporting national figures whose demand and the goal is to hold successful elections,” Dbeibah said. The prime minister also stressed that his government’s priorities include achieving development in Libya and avoiding armed conflict and war. Abdoulaye Bathily, the special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, on Saturday expressed hope that elections would be held in Libya in 2023.

Gas cylinders factoryThe Brega Media Office stressed that the company is working in coordination with the NOC to establish an oil factory and a factory for metal and plastic cooking gas cylinders. New petrol stations and gas cylinder distribution centresThe Media Office revealed that Brega intends to establish 30 own-brand petrol stations, 26 cooking gas cylinder distribution centres, two instant cooking gas cylinder filling points and five direct selling sites for cooking gas cylinders across various regions. Online gas cylinders booking systemWith regard to opening the reservation and registration system and preparing a database for applications to obtain cooking gas cylinders, with the support of the NOC, Brega received approval to import/supply 700,000 thousand metal cooking gas cylinders. This, Brega said, will facilitate the company’s operations in the provision of cooking gas cylinders. It was decided that the capital was too big and important to have just one main source of storage and supply of fuel and cooking gas cylinders.

One of Prince Harry’s closest friends has been stopped by security officials on suspicion he was working as a mercenary in war-torn Libya. According to local reports Mr Mann was stopped moments before he was supposed to board a private jet bound for the North African state. Pictured: Harry and Mr Mann at a polo match in Ascot in 2015Mr Mann recently appeared in the fourth episode of the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary series Harry & Meghan. Mr Mann was photographed among a group of wealthy and privileged men who make up Harry’s inner circle. ‘I have visited Libya previously in my role as a private security consultant.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology trend that could soon bring the world's first fully autonomous fighting robots to the battlefield, inaugurating a new age of warfare. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a long-anticipated technology trend that could soon bring the world's first fully autonomous fighting robots to the battlefield, inaugurating a new age of warfare. Ukraine already has semi-autonomous attack drones and counter-drone weapons endowed with AI. Experts say it may be only a matter of time before either Russia or Ukraine, or both, deploy them. Ukraine's digital transformation minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, agrees that fully autonomous killer drones are “a logical and inevitable next step" in weapons development.