A baby girl was kidnapped by a domestic worker in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as the worker took advantage of her presence alone with the baby, so she carried out the kidnapping and left the house towards the city of Sabha, where she was arrested.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City will host the opening match of the 2026 World Cup on June 11, while the final will be held in New Jersey, United States on July 19.

The western Ukrainian city of Lvov witnessed a strange incident where a 21-year-old man wanted to commit suicide by jumping from the 15th floor.

Libyan Prime Minister Osama Hammad informed the Attorney General of the implementation of immediate measures to stop the plan of the outgoing Libyan Government of National Unity to privatize a number of national companies.

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Sadiq Ali on Monday (February 5th) discussed with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian the reopening of the embassies of the two countries in Tehran and Khartoum.

Senegalese security forces used tear gas to disperse a crowd in the capital Dakar on Sunday to protest against the postponement of the presidential election.

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for the longest time spent by an extraterrestrial cosmonaut, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Badka, who clocked more than 878 days, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

The Libyan National General Company for Maritime Transport reported that the company’s CEO Khaled Al-Touati was kidnapped 6 days ago in front of his house after attending a board meeting.

The head of the “Benedict” monks, the German father Nicodemus Schnabel, was assaulted and spat by settlers, and Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was insulted with profanity, in the Mount Zion area in Jerusalem.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, during a press conference with his French counterpart Stéphane Sigournet in Cairo on Sunday, called for the need for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a time frame for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

The Minister of Social Affairs in the Libyan government, Mabrouk Mohamed Ghaith, discussed at the ministry’s headquarters with members of the committee concerned with the event, preparations for the Murzuq Heritage Festival, which will be held under the supervision of the National Council for Women during the month of February.

The Republic of Congo will host the African Union High-Level Panel on Libya in Brazzaville on Monday (February 5th), the mini-summit that precedes arrangements for a national reconciliation conference in Sirte in two months’ time.

More than a hundred people have been killed in fires that have swept through Chile, and authorities are likely to increase the number of victims, noting that emergency teams are struggling to put out fires that threaten urban areas.

The Egyptian Football Association announced the departure of Portuguese coach Rui Vitoria after being eliminated from the final round of the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

The services of telecommunications companies have stopped in most regions of Sudan and the interruption of communication services has raised great concerns, as the majority of the population relies on banking applications to conduct their daily lives in light of the lack of liquidity and the closure of most banks and ATMs, especially in Khartoum and the cities and regions of central Sudan.

Morocco’s trade deficit fell 7.3 percent year-on-year in 2023 to 286 billion dirhams ($28.6 billion), thanks to higher tourism revenues and lower energy imports, Morocco’s Office des Changes, the institution tasked with counting trade and economic exchange with abroad, said in a monthly report.

The head of the municipal branch in Jaghbub in Libya, Idris Touati, confirmed that the area is witnessing a cautious calm after the clashes that took place between a family and a battalion of the “General Command” forces.

Social media in Egypt has witnessed widespread controversy over the news that “Emirati investors bought the Egyptian city of Ras El Hikma” for $ 22 billion.

Egyptian broadcaster Amr Adib mocked the proposal made by the head of the Egyptian Wafd Party, Abdel Sanad Yamama, Egypt’s former presidential candidate.

Cairo is preparing to receive Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an official visit in mid-February, marking the end of a ten-year period of tension with Egypt in a positive sign of the return of bilateral relations to their previous state.