The number of people who consume tobacco worldwide has steadily declined in recent years, a World Health Organization report said, warning that Europe could become the most smoker by 2030.

Taher Al-Baour, in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Libyan Government of National Unity, received at the ministry’s office on Tuesday the Russian Ambassador to Libya Haidar Aganin.

Jordan continued to write history at the AFC Asian Cup in Qatar, knocking out South Korea by beating them by two goals without reply in the semi-finals, reaching the final of the continental tournament for the first time in their history.

The World Gold Council has reportedly confirmed that Libya, Iraq, and Qatar are among the top 10 Arab countries buying the precious metal in 2023.

The Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sweilam, discussed with the Tunisian Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Abdel Moneim Belaati, ways to enhance prospects for cooperation and partnership in the water sector between the two countries.

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have resorted to cutting off telephone communications and the Internet in large parts of the country, in the face of what it described as recent military defeats.

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Security Council, Vassily Nebenzia, said that the recent air strikes by the United States in Syria, Iraq and Yemen are aimed at exacerbating the conflict and endangering the security and stability of the Middle East, stressing that Washington enjoys impunity and continues its destructive policy in the Middle East.

At the end of a meeting in Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, a high-level committee of the African Union (AU) appealed for an end to external interference in the Libyan crisis.

Senegal’s parliament has approved a bill to postpone the presidential elections scheduled for February 25 to December 15, 2024.

The Professional Squash Players Association has announced the schedule for the Detroit Women’s Championship, which will be hosted by the United States from February 6 to 10, with prize money of up to $ 82,000.

The Central African Republic army says it has repelled, with the help of Russian forces, an attack by Sudanese militants on a mine in the north of the country.

The Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, urged in Doha with Qatari officials the latest developments in the Libyan arena.

About 40 people have been killed in violence in the disputed Abyei region on South Sudan’s border with Sudan.

The Nigerian Air Force conducted a joint operation with the 17th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, killing a number of terrorists and destroying their headquarters located in the Tora Hills in the Nigerian state of Katsina.

Iraq on Sunday banned eight local commercial banks from dealing in US dollars, as part of measures to curb fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of the dollar.