The High Council of State's accusations came after armoured vehicles from an armed group commanded by Dbeibah's administration surrounded a major hotel in the capital Tripoli, preventing council members from entering, according to images broadcast by local media. The council's head, Khaled al-Mishri, said in a video statement on Facebook that the body had been due to vote on a constitutional basis for elections. Polls had been set for December 2021 to elect a replacement for Dbeibah's government, but were indefinitely postponed. The meeting was also set to discuss "the unification of executive power", implying that it would cover the fate of Dbeibah's government. Libya has been plagued by violence since the fall of Moamer Kadhafi's regime in 2011.

Refugee camps, similar to the ones in Turkey, could also be in Libya and other countries where migrants leave for European shores, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told the press on Sunday. This was reported by Italian news agency Nova, which also stated that Tajani is “in favor” of strengthening the 2017 memorandum of understanding signed with Libya on the fight against illegal migration, human trafficking, smuggling and the strengthening of border security signed. Tajani reportedly said that he “talked at length on the subject” with Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush during a telephone conversation last Monday, 7 November.

The ECA Office for North Africa will hold on 14-18 November 2022 its second capacity development workshop on the Libya AfCFTA national implementation strategy. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed in Kigali, Rwanda in 2018 is the world’s largest free trade zone since the creation of the WTO, with the aim of creating a 1.2 billion consumer single market. The AfCFTA can provide Libya with an opportunity to make the most of its hydrocarbon reserves while diversifying its economy and trade partners. This workshop will offer participants the opportunity to improve their capacity of enhancing Libyan exports under the AfCFTA by studying best practices in export promotion policymaking. It will also be an opportunity to present African, international institutions and programs that can be used to enhance intra-regional trade between African countries with the final goal of supporting Libya’s efforts to design a national strategy for the implementation of the AfCFTA.

Apple has continued to recruit new hires for its upcoming mixed reality (MR) devices amid setbacks on its extended reality (XR) product lineup, news reports revealed on Sunday. According to reports, the Cupertino-based company has been working on a series of AR smart glasses and MR headsets set to launch in 2023. Power On: Apple plans a 3D mixed reality world and a video service for its upcoming headset, job listings reveal. Also: company adds a former top Apple Car manager and its head of iWork engineering to its headset group. With a more than 20-year career with Apple on its iWork suite of apps, he may lead productivity apps for the upcoming headset.

Increasingly, the headsets used to navigate the digital space are evolving, becoming more lightweight, efficient, and feature-rich. However, to reproduce immersive images and experience in these headsets and devices, XR solutions also need to be able to rapidly access and process huge amounts of data. Some RT3D engines can then enhance these components with AI algorithms, to make the experience feel as realistic as possible. XR Training and UpskillingFinally, one of the most powerful areas any XR innovator should be considering right now, falls into the realm of training and upskilling in XR. Business leaders need to embed XR solutions into their training strategies, to prepare users to thrive in a more digitally-enhanced world.

The Bangladeshi security services have arrested a member of an international human trafficking gang for his involvement in the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya in 2020. Rafiq al-Islam Mal, 38, was arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while trying to flee to Dubai on Wednesday night, according to Bengali media sources. Besides, he was in the country when 26 Bengalis were shot dead in Libya and he was arrested after being in hiding for two years. In May 2020, 30 migrants, including the 26 Bangladeshis, were killed and 11 wounded in a retaliatory operation in the Mizdah town in western Libya. The Ministry pointed out that “the victims’ families, in retaliation for his death, killed 26 Bengali nationals and four Africans, and injured 11 migrants.

Ünal Çeviköz, a member of Turkey’s parliament, has criticized Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and his government’s foreign policy, especially its involvement in Libya and Syria. “It was a mistake for Turkey to take sides with the forces in Libya for ideological reasons,” Çeviköz told Çavuşoğlu during a parliamentary hearing. “Previous agreements were not ratified in the House of Representatives, what steps are being taken to make these documents valid?,” he asked rhetorically. Furthermore, he questioned the latest gas exploration deal signed on 3 October with the Libyan Government of National Unity, citing “unstable environment” in Libya. “We support Turkey’s rights and interests without any hesitation, but given the disparity in Libya, the agreements must become legal, free of ideological approaches and without taking sides,” said the Turkish MP.

November 13, 2022 — Rome (AFP)Leona Blankenstein couldn't believe what she was hearing when the Libyan coastguard threatened to blast her small plane out of the sky. Despite years of criticism by charities and human rights groups, Italy quietly renewed the accord earlier this month. In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights condemned Italy for intercepting and forcibly returning people to Libya, prompting a new approach. In October, investigative journalist Duccio Facchini revealed Italy spent another 6.65 million euros on 14 new speedboats for the Libyan coastguard just months ago. Amnesty said it is "disgraceful" Rome "continues to assist Libyan authorities in violating their people's human rights".

There is no clear end in sight to Libya’s deadlockHafed Al-GhwellAbdoulaye Bathily. (AFP/File)Short Url https://arab.news/bkda7Just two weeks ago, the UN’s 10th special envoy in the past 11 years, Abdoulaye Bathily, acknowledged in a briefing to the Security Council an already well-known fact: There is no clear end in sight to Libya’s deadlock. Instead, there is a preference for some kind of power-sharing deal that would then be anointed by sham elections. It dovetails rather curiously with the fact that no external actors are genuinely pushing for, or actively working toward, organizing Libyan elections. These declarations are neither alarming nor novel: Even Libya’s fault lines are now somewhat different from the usual east-west parallelism.

The US ambassador to Libya threatens to punish “obstructors of political solutions”Coinciding with sudden military movements in the capitalCairo: Khaled MahmoudRichard Norland, the US ambassador and special envoy to Libya, concluded his visit to the capital, Tripoli, by hinting again at the possibility of his country punishing those who obstruct political solutions. Meanwhile, local media monitored sudden military movements the day before yesterday evening in Tripoli by militias affiliated with the interim “unity” government, headed by Abdul Hamid al-Dabaiba. To prevent conflict and promote stability. Meanwhile, local media monitored sudden military movements the day before yesterday evening in the capital, Tripoli, by militias affiliated with the interim “unity” government, noting that plumes of smoke rose in the vicinity of the “77” camp, after gunfire and explosions were heard in the area. The same sources also monitored the deployment of elements of the “Stability Support Apparatus”, led by the militiaman Ghniwa al-Kikli, in the streets of Tripoli, and quoted eyewitnesses that a wide security deployment spread throughout the streets of Tajoura by militiamen Bashir Khalafallah, known as “the cow”.

President Biden valued the strong and deep Egyptian-US relations and confirmed that the US considers Egypt a strong and reliable friend and ally in the region. The US President valued Egypt's tireless and significant efforts in this context, including maintaining calm between the Palestinian and Israeli sides. President El-Sisi affirmed Egypt's unwavering position on reaching a just and comprehensive solution that ensures the rights of the Palestinian people, according to the international references. President El-Sisi stressed the firm will of the state, government and people to continue diligent efforts to confront this scourge and undermine its security and ideological threats. President El-Sisi confirmed that reaching political settlements for these crises is based mainly on consolidating the concept of the nation-state and ending the presence of foreign mercenaries and militias in the region.

The Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Manqoush, has discussed with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, strengthen cooperation between the Libyan judiciary and the ICC, in issues related to human rights and the mass graves file in the city of Tarhuna, by providing international technical support to ensure achieving justice, accountability and stability. Both sides also discussed the possibility of holding an international conference in Libya under the supervision of the ICC as soon as possible. Al-Manqoush praised the role of the Libyan judiciary in performing its duties, stressing the consolidation of the concept of norms of justice in the transitional stages.

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts:Ballots placed into secure drop boxes at some Maricopa County, Arizona, polling places that experienced issues on Election Day didn't get discarded or altered. A video shows a Wisconsin poll worker initialing ballots in a standard procedure mandated by state law, not committing fraud. No eligible voters were prevented from casting a ballot at polling locations in Detroit that experienced a temporary data glitch on Tuesday. And large numbers of mail-in ballots are not evidence of election fraud.

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