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Libya: Over 150 migrants freed in raid on traffickers

Libyan authorities say they have raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants - including 15 women and five children. The raid in the city of Kufra took place on Sunday after a migrant managed to escape a...

UAE unveils $1.36 billion in arms deals at defence show

The latest armoured vehicles are on display at an Abu Dhabi convention centre. The biennial trade fair, the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, is Abu Dhabi's first major in-person event since the outbreak of the virus - a sign of its significance to the oil-rich emirate...

COVID-19 kills former Lebanese militant Anis Naccache

Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling COVID-19, a Palestinian official and Lebanese media said. He was 69. Naccache, a Lebanese citizen, participated in attacks around the world but...

Dubai's Emirates seeks key role in global vaccine delivery

The belly of the Emirates plane that touched down in Dubai early Sunday from Brussels was stuffed with precious cargo: tens of thousands of doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The arrival was part of an effort by the Middle East's biggest airline to pivot from shuttling people to...