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Topic: Libya

Munir meets Haftar amid $4 bn defence deal talks. Why Pakistan & eastern Libya are strengthening ties

Haftar's visit to Pakistan comes just a month after Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Libya’s Benghazi from 17 to 19 December.

Pakistan signs $4 bn arms export deal with Libyan force. From JF-17s to trainer aircraft, what it entails

In its outreach to Libya, Islamabad seems to be following the footsteps of Türkiiye, which has its own interests in the oil-rich African country.

UK statement in UNSC calls on Libyan leaders to protect civilians

James Kariuki, UK's Deputy PR to the UN raised alarm over recent reports of unlawful arrests and mistreatment of journalists in Libya.

More than 5,300 lives lost in Libya floods, death toll expected to rise as bodies wash ashore

Officials say at least 10,000 people are feared missing or dead, though tolls confirmed dead so far vary. The UN migration said at least 30,000 people had been displaced in Derna.

‘10,000’ missing, thousands feared dead in Libya’s Derna as Storm Daniel leaves trail of destruction 

On Sunday, Storm Daniel made landfall on the eastern coast of Libya after pummelling Greece for three days.  It has reportedly wiped out a quarter of the city.

At least 1,000 dead & 10,000 feared missing in Libyan city after storm breaks dam

Officials said thousands more were missing from the flood, which they said had swept away entire neighbourhoods after dams burst above the city.

Torture, hunger, death, Islamic prayers—the hell 18 Punjab-Haryana men went through in Libya

They were sent to Libya by the unscrupulous agent, where they were sold into slavery. They were stripped of their documents, separated, blindfolded and sold to their ‘masters’.

Why you’re wrong in thinking fresh elections in Libya will solve its ongoing political chaos

The biggest challenge is that the Libya govt doesn't have a monopoly over the legitimate use of force. It's unsafe to go to the polls.

Strongly support Libyan-led and owned political process, says India

Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said that India calls for broad based dialogue with all stakeholders as Libya prepares to hold elections on 24 December

Claim of ‘IAF air strikes on Nepal’ shows images from Libya in 2011 and Bengaluru in 2019

A Twitter user has falsely claimed the IAF crossed the border to ‘conduct airstrike on the Nepal territories’, and an Indian jet was shot down and two pilots killed in retaliation.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.