The Council of the League of Arab States welcomed the announcement by the President of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Al-Menfi, that Libya had joined the legal team of the Republic of South Africa to prosecute Israel for its violations against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli military said on Tuesday that 24 soldiers had been killed during heavy fighting in Gaza in the past 24 hours, the largest daily death toll among Israelis since fighting broke out in the enclave.

The United States, Egypt and Qatar are pushing Israel and Hamas to join an interim diplomatic process (the 90-day plan) that begins with the release of hostages and eventually leads to the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the end of the war in Gaza.

The Iranian army announced the arrest of a soldier who killed 5 of his colleagues in a military barracks in Kerman province.

Ahmed Nashad, the lawyer of the director of military intelligence in the former Libyan regime, Major General Abdullah Al-Senussi, confirmed that the Tripoli Court of Appeal postponed his client’s trial session to January 29th.

Egypt drew 2-2 with Cape Verde in Group B of the Africa Cup of Nations, narrowly qualifying for the final eighth, to finish second in the group, taking advantage of a precious gift from Mozambique, who drew with Ghana by the same score.

The European Union has imposed sanctions on six entities involved in the war in Sudan, where the army has been fighting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian received in Tehran members of the Algeria-Iran Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Tunisian Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri said that Tunisia was able to repay all its domestic and foreign debts for 2023 despite enormous pressures on its public finances.

The Misrata Free Zone announced the arrival of the largest container ship to Libyan ports in years with a load of more than 5,000 containers.

U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated that the three basins in Libya contain 942 TCF of risked shale gas-in-place and 613 billion barrels of shale oil.

The Attorney General’s Office announced that a person suspected of intentionally trafficking counterfeit medicines was arrested at Benghazi’s Benina Airport last Saturday (20 January).

The eastern based Libyan government announced yesterday that it had signed what it called ‘‘major contracts’’ with Egyptian companies for the construction of 11 new bridges in Derna, Benghazi, and Ajdabiya.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia’s President, issued a new statement in which he asserted that his country enjoys a large geographical share in the Red Sea, and that it will not concede any land to another country.

Moroccan High Commission for Planning stated that annual inflation in the country slowed to 6.1% in 2023, compared to 6.6% in 2022.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi affirmed his country’s rejection of the agreement between Ethiopia and Somaliland and stressed that no threat to Somalia and its security will be allowed.

Tunisian Foreign Minister Nabil Ammar called on the non-aligned countries to exert international pressure to stop the aggression on Gaza and end the 75-year-old “Palestinian tragedy”.

The United Nations announced that fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has left more than 13,000 dead and about 26,000 injured since April 15.

Officials from the Interior Ministry of the government mandated by the House of Representatives held an expanded security meeting in Benghazi to discuss the stability of the eastern, southern, and southeastern regions, according to what the ministry’s Security Media Office published on its Facebook page.

Police in Ecuador arrested 68 people on Sunday after trying to take control of a hospital in the context of the ongoing war between drug cartels and security forces in the country.