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France cancels 2020 Bastille Day parade over coronavirus

France said Thursday it will not hold the Bastille Day military parade due to social distancing norms, replacing it with a ceremony to pay tribute to health workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Rather than the traditional march of soldiers and display of military hardware down the...

Erdogan hosts Libya PM as Turkey looks to lock in gains

Libya's internationally recognized leader will meet President Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey Thursday as the allies seek to lock in recent gains on the battlefield near Tripoli ahead of a new round of talks on a potential ceasefire. Turkey began providing military support to Fayez al Serraj's...

US holds up UN envoy on Libya, frustrating Europeans

The United States said Wednesday it was waiting to build an "empowered" UN mission for Libya, frustrating France and Germany which say the delay in approving an envoy is jeopardizing momentum to end the conflict. The position of UN envoy for Libya has been vacant for three months, even with...

HRW accuses Haftar forces of mining suburbs of Libya capital

Human Rights Watch Wednesday accused Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces of laying Russian landmines in residential southern suburbs of the capital. "An armed group and affiliates fighting for control of the Libyan capital Tripoli appear to have used antipersonnel landmines...