American authorities in December 2020 announced charges against Masud, who was in Libyan custody at the time. Though he is the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the attack, he would be the first to appear in an American courtroom for prosecution. The New York-bound Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie less than an hour after takeoff from London on Dec. 21, 1988. He also said the operation was ordered by Libyan intelligence and that Gadhafi thanked him and other members of the team after the attack, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case. That affidavit said Masud told Libyan law enforcement that he flew to Malta to meet al-Megrahi and Fhimah.

LONDON (AP) — U.S. and Scottish authorities said Sunday that the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 is in U.S. custody. The U.S. Justice Department announced new charges against Mas'ud in December 2020, on the 32nd anniversary of the bombing. In 2001, former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of bombing the flight. In that interview, U.S. officials said, Mas'ud admitted building the bomb in the Pan Am attack and working with two other conspirators to carry it out. While Mas'ud is now the third Libyan intelligence official charged in the U.S. in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, he would be the first to stand trial in an American courtroom.

The country has an elected government that represents everyone. Tunisia witnessed a high-level meeting moderated by the United Nations and France, with the participation of the International Security Working Group, which includes representatives from Turkey, the United States, France, Italy, Britain, Egypt and the African Union. Muhammad Al-Haddad, members of the Joint Military Committee «5 + 5» and representatives of the Berlin process. The meeting discussed the next steps in implementing the ceasefire agreement, the reunification of Libyan military institutions and securing elections, and the latest developments in the Berlin process for Libya. Through the portal of serious consensus in the military track.

WASHINGTON — A Libyan intelligence operative charged in the 1988 bombing of an American jetliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, was arrested by the F.B.I. He was being held at a Libyan prison for unrelated crimes when the Justice Department unsealed the charges against him two years ago. It is unclear how the U.S. government negotiated the extradition of Mr. Mas’ud. Mr. Mas’ud’s suspected role in the Lockerbie bombing received new scrutiny in a three-part documentary on “Frontline” on PBS in 2015. Mr. Dornstein learned that Mr. Mas’ud was being held in a Libyan prison and even obtained pictures of him as part of his investigation.

Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Menfi, met on Saturday with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, in Riyadh, for talks on the political situation in Libya. According to brief statement by the Libyan council, both officials also discussed “prospects for cooperation between the two countries, and a number of issues of common concern.”

CAIRO – 11 December 2022: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Macedonian counterpart Bujar Osmani reiterated on Sunday the deeply-rooted relations binding the two countries. He said he will meet the invitation he received from the Macedonian foreign minister to visit his country. Talks also tackled the latest developments of the Palestinian issue, situation in Libya and efforts exerted by Egypt to achieve stability and face terrorism. Shoukry said Egypt will continue all efforts to have close cooperation relations and set up a friendship based on mutual respect and UN charter. North Macedonia's independence and its aspiration for an EU membership opens new vistas for constructive relations between the two sides, he added.

Representatives of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, from left: Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski, Yan Rachinsky, chairman of the International Memorial Board and Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of the Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties pose with awards during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Saturday. By MARKUS SCHREIBERThe winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine shared their visions of a fairer world and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine during Saturday’s award ceremony in the Norwegian capital. Matviichuk was named a co-winner of the 2022 peace prize in October along with Russian human rights group Memorial and Ales Bialiatski, head of the Belarusian rights group Viasna. Under the terms of Alfred Nobel’s will, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee since 1901. While all the winners spoke in unison to condemn the war in Ukraine, there also were some marked differences.

The Libyan Crimes Watch reported in a statement that four illegal immigrants were injured after being shot by human traffickers in the city of Emsaed, which is located near the border with Egypt, on December 07. The statement added that the immigrants were transferred to the Tobruk Medical Center for treatment, as two of them are still in the intensive care unit, citing eyewitnesses as saying that a group of traffickers in four civilian cars intercepted the buses of the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency: Tobruk branch. The statement indicated that the buses were carrying 140 immigrants of Egyptian nationality to deport them through the Emsaed border crossing, and that the traffickers opened fire to force them to stop, adding that they had trafficked a number of those immigrants. The Libyan Crimes Watch called on the Public Prosecutor to open an urgent investigation into the incident, and called on the authorities in eastern Libya to provide the necessary protection for immigrants and not to force any of them to accept assistance to return to an unsafe situation, in addition to ensuring that they have access to appropriate health care.

The 5 + 5 Joint Military Committee (JMC) will meet in Sirte in mid-January, according to the UN envoy to Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily. Speaking at a technical meeting of the International Working Group, Bathily said the JMC had achieved a level of readiness to start the ceasefire monitoring mechanism, which he said needs political will. The 5 + 5 committee agreed to create the necessary conditions for establishing the UN ceasefire monitoring process in order to enhance confidence between the two sides and move forward with training local observers, Bathily added. He explained that the JMC recommended initiating a dialogue with armed group leaders, finding meaningful solutions about their fate, establishing a subcommittee concerned with implementing this task, and starting the disarmament process. "The current situation is no longer acceptable, as little progress was made to resolve the remaining outstanding issues since the postponement of elections last year," the UN envoy stated.

The Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity, Mohammed Al-Huweij, stressed the importance of developing a plan to diversify Libya's national economy, with special attention to transit trade and free zones. These remarks came during Al-Huweij's presidency of the final meeting of the Steering Committee of the European Program to Support the Private Sector in Libya, which is funded by the European Union and implemented by France's Expertise Foundation. Al-Huweij hailed the support of the European Union to reach the desired results of strengthening the capabilities of the ministry, developing the private sector, supporting the economic empowerment of youth and women, and improving access to financing for micro, small and medium enterprises. He reiterated the seriousness of the partners in the program, whether the European Union, French experts, or Libyan parties, while representatives of the European Union and the France's Experts Foundation also expressed their commitment to supporting the private sector and improving the business environment in Libya.

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On the International Human Rights Day, European Union said it is “ready to accompany Libyans’ efforts by taking concrete actions to advance transitional justice and restore confidence in the institutions of the State.”“Today, the EU and its Member States underline they are fully committed to supporting Libya in achieving stability and consolidating peace,” EU Delegation to Libya said in a statement. “The transition from conflict to national reconciliation is a journey that Libyans must continue to walk together,” it added. “We stand ready to accompany their efforts by taking concrete actions to advance transitional justice and restore confidence in the institutions of the State.”

The Chinese president is currently on an official visit to Saudi Arabia where he held summit talks with Saudi officials on boosting bilateral ties. Xi also attended the first GCC-China summit held in Riyadh.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama (on screen) delivers a video message to the inaugural meeting of the International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons in Hiroshima on Saturday. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and former U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called for a world without nuclear weapons amid Russian threats to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine and North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear arsenal. "We owe it to our children to pursue a world without nuclear weapons," Obama said in a video message to the two-day meeting through Sunday. Kishida said in his message that he hopes the two days of talks will make "a significant step" toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. The eminent persons meeting involves 15 members and is led by Takashi Shiraishi, chancellor of the Prefectural University of Kumamoto in southwestern Japan and an expert in international politics.

Chargé d’Affaires at U.S. Embassy in Libya Leslie Ordeman said he met with UN envoy to Libya Abdoulaye Bathily, stating that U.S. fully supports Bathily’s efforts for dialogue among Libyans to reach elections. “We fully support his efforts in leading dialogue among Libyan political institutions that can accelerate Libya ’s path to elections and echo his message about the necessity to reach solutions to the current crisis,” US Embassy in Libya quoted Ordeman.