Libyan NOC engaged Italian Eni to tow the Arctic Metagaz vessel. The unmanned tanker poses a threat of a large-scale environmental disaster.
The Russian vessel Arctic Metagaz, carrying 60,000 tons of gas, threatens an ecological catastrophe in the Mediterranean Sea. The tanker entered Libyan waters after an attack.
The damaged vessel Arctic Metagaz, carrying 60,000 tons of gas, threatens an environmental catastrophe. The crew was evacuated after a drone attack in international waters.
G7 finance ministers will discuss releasing up to 400 million barrels of oil due to shortages. Brent prices jumped to $120 due to the war in the region.
Russia confirmed the damage to its LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean Sea, blaming Ukraine. The crew of the sanctioned vessel was not injured.
A Russian LNG tanker caught fire off the coast of Libya, possibly as a result of an attack by Ukrainian naval drones. The sanctioned vessel had deactivated its identification system.
A migrant boat heading to Europe sank off the coast of Libya. 53 people died, including two infants; only two women were rescued.
Serbian company NIS, controlled by Gazprom Neft, received the first batches of oil for the refinery in Pančevo. This will allow the plant to operate at full capacity for at least nine days.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that experts have begun analyzing the black boxes of the crashed plane, which killed eight people, including the head of military units in western Libya. Libyan officials cited a technical malfunction of the aircraft as the cause of the crash.
Rescuers found the flight recorders of a private Falcon 50 jet that crashed near Ankara. The crash killed Libyan armed forces chief Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad and four of his aides.
A private Falcon 50 aircraft carrying Libyan Chief of Staff Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad lost radar contact after taking off from Ankara. Contact with the plane, which was heading to Tripoli, was lost at 8:52 PM after an emergency landing request.
US President Donald Trump has signed an order to tighten restrictions on the entry of foreign nationals into the United States. The restrictions apply to 5 new countries and individuals with Palestinian Authority travel documents, and are extended for 12 high-risk countries.
The Greek Coast Guard found the bodies of 17 migrants near the island of Crete, and two more people were rescued from a half-sunken boat. The disaster occurred amid Greece's intensified measures on migration.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the people of the United States to cooperate for peace, speaking at a rally in Caracas. He emphasized the unacceptability of endless and unjust wars.
In Peru, a passenger bus fell into a deep ravine in the Arequipa region, killing at least 37 people and injuring dozens. The accident occurred early in the morning on the Panamericana Sur highway.
A boat with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, 42 people are believed to have died. Seven rescued people drifted at sea for six days.
Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son, Hannibal, was released in Lebanon after almost ten years of imprisonment without trial in the case of the disappearance of a Shiite cleric. He was detained in 2015 after being kidnapped in Syria, accused of concealing information about Imam Musa al-Sadr, who disappeared in 1978.
The Paris Court of Appeal granted the request for the release of Nicolas Sarkozy, who had been held in La Santé prison since October 21. The former French president will be placed under judicial supervision; he was serving a sentence for conspiring to raise funds for his election campaign from Libya.
The main character of Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben's novel "Gone Before Goodbye," Maggie McCabe, goes to Russia at the request of a Russian oligarch. She has to perform an operation for his mistress in Rublyovka.
The International Criminal Court has confirmed in absentia 39 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. He is accused of murder, rape, using child soldiers, and other crimes from 2002 to 2005.
Libyan military official Osama Al-Masri Njim, released from prison by Italy in January, has been arrested in Tripoli. He is accused of torture and violence against prisoners, including the death of one inmate.
Brent and WTI crude futures fell amid a general downturn in financial markets and a strengthening US dollar. Investors assessed supply prospects and growing US oil inventories.
A Libyan delegation arrived in Beirut for negotiations on the release of Hannibal Gaddafi, who has been held in a Lebanese prison since 2015 without a court decision. He is accused of concealing information about the disappearance of Shiite cleric Moussa al-Sadr in 1978.
Russia has resumed military flights to the Hmeimim airbase in Syria after a nearly six-month hiatus. Two Russian planes made flights to the Syrian city of Latakia, where the base is located.
British-made military equipment has been found in Sudan, used by militants of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group, accused of genocide. This was revealed in dossiers reviewed by the UN Security Council, raising questions about the UK's arms export policy.
Three inmates of France's La Santé prison are under investigation for a video threatening to kill former President Nicolas Sarkozy. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the death threats, and Sarkozy intends to file a civil lawsuit.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence in Paris's La Santé prison on October 21 for illegal financing of his election campaign. He will be placed in solitary confinement, where conditions are harsh.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving a five-year prison sentence on October 21 at the Santé prison in Paris. He was convicted of criminal conspiracy to illegally finance his 2007 presidential campaign.
France's chief financial crimes prosecutor, Jean-François Bohnert, denied that the investigation into former President Nicolas Sarkozy was motivated by hatred. Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy to finance his election campaign from Libya.
French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned threats made to judges who delivered a verdict in the Nicolas Sarkozy case. He called for the swift prosecution of those responsible.
