Italy allowed a humanitarian rescue ship carrying 179 migrants to enter a Sicilian port and begin disembarking minors early Sunday, while refusing to respond to requests for a safe harbor from three other ships carrying another 900 people in nearby waters

Fathi Bashagha, the Libya prime minister designated by the House of Representatives, held talks on Friday with Jean-Claude Gakosso, the foreign minister of Congo-Brazzaville, and a diplomatic delegation representing the African Union. This was announced by Bashagha himself via brief statement on Twitter. Bashagha did not explicitly disclose the subject of the talks. 1/2 التقيت مع السيد جان كلود جاكوسو وزير خارجية الكونغو برزافيل، وممثلاً عن رئيس اللجنة رفيعة المستوى للاتحاد الإفريقي من أجل ليبيا، ووفد الاتحاد الإفريقي المرافق له . pic.twitter.com/Cd2Sx6xf8N — فتحي باشاغا Fathi Bashagha (@fathi_bashagha) November 4, 2022The African Union had previously announced plan to organize a “reconciliation conference” for Libya.

France’s Embassy in Libya plans to dedicate this month a special day for health in coordination with the Tripoli-based Health Ministry, announced French Ambassador Mostafa Mihraje on Friday. This came following the first meeting between Mihraje and Health Minister Ramadan Abu Janah, who serves in the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh. Mihraje made the announcement via Twitter, but he did not disclose the specific date for what he called the “Libya-France Health Day” nor did he reveal the types of events that the French embassy intends to organize to mark this day. Meanwhile, the Tripoli-based Health Ministry said in a statement via its official Facebook page that Abu Janah and Mihraje also discussed “the medical forum that will be held in Libya during the next few period.”

Ebrahim Raeisi made the remarks among the pupils participating in the first round of the Path of Progress camps on Saturday. Today Iran and its different cities are secure, he said, adding that the Americans and the country's enemies sought to carry out in Iran the same action they had done in Libya and Syria, but they failed to reach their goals. The Iranian President underlined that riots and attempts to disrupt the country differ from protests, so standing against those who create insecurity and unrest is a must. Elite students, who are members of Olympiad teams, are symbols of progress in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Raeisi noted. MNA/5624776

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Friday reiterated criticism of last month’s deal between Turkey and Libya’s Tripoli government on energy exploration in the eastern Mediterranean. The deal is based on a maritime demarcation accord signed between the two countries in 2019 which has been condemned by Greece and Cyprus and criticized by Egypt and Israel. The Greek foreign minister also hailed a US-brokered maritime demarcation deal signed between Lebanese and Israeli leaders in late October, which was welcomed for bringing a measure of accommodation between the rival states as they eye offshore energy exploration. “We salute the courage and the vision of Israel and Lebanon and we hope that other countries in the region will seize the opportunity and follow their example,” Dendias said. Unfortunately, this is not the path followed by all,” he said, in a thinly-disguised reference to Turkey.

Last year, Egypt and Turkey held two rounds of exploratory talks in an effort to repair their fractured relations. A main point of friction between the two regional rivals is the presence of Turkish forces in Libya. Egypt criticized the oil deal, saying the Tripoli-based government does not have any mandate to sign agreements that could affect Libya’s future. Jalel Harchaoui, Libya expert with the Royal United Services Institute, a defense and security think tank, said Ankara has made no tangible efforts to make real rapprochement with Cairo. Orabi, however, rules out that the situation will escalate between Egypt and Turkey over the situation in Libya as happened in 2020.

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Later on Friday, protests began in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province, which has seen weeks of unrest. Advocacy group HalVash claimed security forces killed at least 16 people Friday, identifying nine of them by name. On Thursday, a Shiite cleric reportedly was shot and killed in Sistan and Baluchestan, a long restive province that’s predominantly Sunni. The U.S. and world powers reached a nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 that drastically curtailed its program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. Biden had said he was willing to have the U.S. rejoin the nuclear deal, but talks have broken down.

MILAN (AP) — Italy's new far-right led government adopted a measure Friday formalizing the closure of its ports to rescue ships run by humanitarian groups as four vessels with more than 1,000 migrants continued to press for a safe port. All of the others aboard a German ship leave Italian waters and go toward Germany,'' Salvini said. At the same time, Italian authorities continue to allow the arrivals of people rescued at sea by Italian patrols, including 456 arriving in Calabria on Thursday and some 6,000 over the last week. According to the U.N. refugee agency, coastal states are obligated to accept people from rescue ships “as soon as practicable,’’ and governments should cooperate to provide a place of safety for survivors. “We have no doubt that Italy will welcome the ship ... that Italy will respect international law,” he told French news broadcaster BFM TV.

British 3D artist Rafi Nizam has opened a new animation with tools from NVIDIA’s Omniverse Create XR along with solutions from Epic Games, Autodesk, and Adobe, it was revealed on Friday. The award-winning artist is tapping extended reality (XR) and virtual production tools to build creative content with bespoke, streamlined 3D pipelines. The following is his story on creating magic with the power of the NVIDIA Omniverse, a major platform for creating real-time 3D content, animations, and digital twins for the modern illustrator. Regarding his production workflow, Nizam said that NVIDIA’s Omniverse Universal Scene Description framework synched the numerous 3D apps across his animation pipeline. Entering the NVIDIA OmniverseNizam is one of many creatives entering the NVIDIA Omniverse, a free, enterprise-grade creative suite for developing 3D projects.

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that Libya has submitted a request for natural gas exploration in its fields by Turkish ships, as part of a list of other countries. Erdogan said in an interview with the Turkish channel Habar Turk, on Wednesday evening, that Ankara is receiving proposals regarding energy projects and gas exploration from different countries, especially Libya. Erdogan added that Turkish exploration ships may help explore other countries' gas fields if necessary, saying that Ankara has an opportunity to sell the gas extracted in those countries. Tensions have escalated among Turkey, Egypt, Greece, France and the European Union since the beginning of October after the Government of National Unity signed several agreements with Turkey, including those related to exploration in potentially gas-rich zones in the Mediterranean. The move caused Egypt to freeze normalization talks with Turkey, according to the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, while Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the normalization process with Egypt "is progressing slowly compared to other countries", adding in a speech on Wednesday at a seminar entitled "Turkish Foreign Policy in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean" that the deal with Libya isn't against Egypt's interests.

On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, UNSMIL called on Libyan authorities to fully investigate and prosecute crimes against journalists and media workers. UNSMIL added in a statement that journalists must be protected as critical guardians of freedom of expression, honoring the brave journalists in Libya who have been subjected to hate speech, beaten, arrested, kidnapped, disappeared, or killed for their work ensuring people’s right to access information. "In 2021 and 2022, at least three journalists in Libya were kidnapped and disappeared between 36 days and 10 months. Three others, including one woman, were assaulted by armed men while conducting interviews in public. UNSMIL said.

MSF Sea is “appalled” and “outraged” over Malta’s continued neglect of its legal obligation to coordinate rescues and provide assistance at sea. Italy’s new government leaves almost 1000 survivors stranded at sea while it is contemplating a ban of entry for civilian rescue vessels. EU is expanding its cooperation on migration control with Egypt and Italy renews Libya agreement. On 2 November, MSF Sea reported: “3 days. MSF Sea stated: “We are outraged that Italy decided to renew the agreement with Libya to block refugees’ access to the EU”.

Libya as well as Lebanon are shared by parties that are ripping apart the state’s entity in them for their own interest, violating the interests of Libya and Lebanon as well as the wall. In Lebanon, “Hezbollah” sees in its entity an authority above the authority of the state. There are parties that have an interest in dismantling Lebanon and its people’s connection to their Arab roots, especially in light of Hezbollah’s openness to the Arabs. Libya and Lebanon are united by suffering, the high cost of living, and failed political elites who are not interested in the country as much as collecting money and gains, even if it is by destroying the country and disrupting political life. From the authority through the election, even by the white paper, they found themselves a victim.

From left: Foreign ministers Josep Borell of the EU, James Cleverly of Britain, Yoshimasa Hayashi of Japan, Antony Blinken of the U.S., Annalena Baerbock of Germany, Melanie Joly of Canada, Catherine Colonna of France, and Antonio Tajani of Italy, pose for a photo at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Muenster, Germany, on Thursday. By MATTHEW LEETop diplomats from the world's major industrialized democracies sought Thursday to expand unified positions on Russia's war in Ukraine, China's growing global economic clout and Iran's crackdown on anti-government protestors. The U.N. nuclear watchdog reported Thursday that inspections of sites in Ukraine had found no evidence to support Russia's claim that Ukraine planned to detonate a radioactive "dirty bomb." German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Beijing this week, becoming the first European leader to make the trip since the war in Ukraine began. The G-7 has weathered major changes since the foreign ministers issued their stark pre-war ultimatum to the Kremlin last December.