Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun an official visit to Libya, where she is expected to sign cooperation agreements in the fields of health, education, research, and sports.

Egypt has allocated an estimated 7.5 million square meters of government-owned space in the northwest coast area of Matrouh Governorate for the construction of a new international airport.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Libyan government-designate, Abdulhadi Al-Hawij, received an official delegation from the African Union at the government headquarters in Benghazi on Tuesday.

The French capital Paris is witnessing this evening a football summit in the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League, where Paris Saint-Germain hosts Borussia Dortmund at the “Parc des Princes” stadium.

Libya officially announced the resumption of trade exchange with Tunisia, and the opening of the Ras Jedir border crossing between the two countries, which has been closed for 50 days.

Rebar prices in Egypt have fallen significantly, registering a decrease of 58.6% since the beginning of 2024, reaching 21,800 Egyptian pounds per ton from the factory.

Members of the UN Security Council have called for the appointment of a successor to UN envoy to Libya Abdullah Batelli as soon as possible.

Algerian authorities have arrested the son of an Algerian official and a number of prominent security figures on charges of spying with a foreign country and leaking sensitive information that threatens Algeria’s national security.

Russian police arrested a US soldier last week and put him in custody until July 2 on charges of “theft”, the Vladivostok court in charge of the case announced.

Algeria has threatened to halt gas deliveries to Spain’s “Naturgy” if the latter decides to sell its shares to another company, Reuters reports.

The mother of Britain’s heaviest man, Lisa Holton, is struggling to find a place to accommodate her son, Jason Holton, to complete the cremation ceremony as he would have preferred.

Moscow witnessed in the Kremlin on Tuesday the inauguration ceremony of Vladimir Putin as president for the fifth time.

On Tuesday, Egypt closed the Rafah crossing with concrete blocks and imposed a curfew around it, coinciding with Israel’s storming and control of the crossing from the Palestinian side.

At least 32 people, mostly Moroccan minors, have died while desperately trying to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla by swimming.

Tunisian authorities have arrested a Sudanese athlete known for his martial arts training after he appeared to train irregular migrants in Sfax.

Moscow has expressed grave concern over the violent escalation in Sudan, saying it hopes to avoid an expansion of the conflict by the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement announcing that it would consider the “F-16” fighter jets seen in Ukraine as carrying nuclear weapons.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, received the UN envoy and head of the mission for political affairs, Abdullah Bathili, on his last visit before handing over his post to US Deputy Stephanie Khoury.

“The Shelby Column Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy” revealed the possibility of the US AFRICOM Command (Africa Division of the US Army) based in Morocco, knowing that this command is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Inflation in Tunisia declined in April to 7.2%, while the consumer price index increased by 0.9%, driven by the increase in food prices by 0.5%, and the prices of clothing and footwear group by 6.3%.