Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, head of the Suez Canal Authority, said that shipping in the canal is regular, adding that the suspension of some companies from crossing the canal is temporary.

The chairman of the Russian Grain Exporters’ Federation, Eduard Zernin, said that grain exporters have not yet felt the negative impact of the situation in the Red Sea.

Tunisia’s parliament has approved a draft organic law approving an extradition agreement between the Tunisian government and its Algerian counterpart.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday (January 17th) that by bombing Yemen, the United States is seeking to distract from the failures of its Middle East policy and influence voters in the country’s upcoming presidential elections.

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on the Lebanese authorities to release Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been held in pretrial detention for eight years, saying the charges against him are “fabricated.”

Russian special teams have freed five hostages from criminals in a high-profile operation in the Central African Republic.

The Benghazi Security Directorate announced in a statement on Monday that police stations and police stations in the city have handed over new vehicles, as part of the support the directorate receives from the General Command of the Libyan Armed Forces.

Tunisian President Kais Saied and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday expressed their opposition to interfering in the internal affairs of other countries using human rights and democracy as a pretext.

The Libyan leader of the Misrata movement thanked the Libyan government for meeting his demand related to the evacuation of the sea and airports of the city of Misrata.

The Russian House in Cairo organized a huge celebration to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the construction of the High Dam on the Nile River, in an embodiment of the close partnership between Egypt and Russia.

Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Lamine Zein, arrived in the Russian capital Moscow on his first foreign visit outside the African continent since becoming prime minister.

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batili, said on his page on the “X” platform after talks with the Russian ambassador to Libya, Haidar Aganin, in the capital, Tripoli, that during the meeting, they reviewed the current political and security situation in the country, and agreed on the urgent need for the Libyan actors to engage in reaching a political settlement in the country.

The Libyan basketball team received an honor in the city of Benghazi, for its unprecedented achievement for the first time in its history by winning the silver medal in the Arab Basketball Championship that was held recently in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

The General Council of Culture in Benghazi celebrated the opening of the exhibition “I am Libya… I am history.”

Mellitah Oil and Gas Company announced that the “El Fil” oil field, located in the Murzuq Basin in southwestern Libya, has obtained the International Organization for Environmental Standardization (ISO) certification.

Burkina Faso’s former chief of staff of the National Gendarmerie has arrested officer Evrar Soumda by members of Burkina Faso forces, AFP reported.

A positive 1-1 draw dominated the match between Algeria and Angola at the start of Group D of the African Cup of Nations, which will be hosted by Ivory Coast until February 11th.

Aid agencies are looking to bring aid into Sudan via a new route from South Sudan because of difficulties in reaching many parts of the country, a senior UN official said.

The Houthi group announced the targeting of a US ship in the Gulf of Aden, placing the attack as part of the response to the US-British raids that targeted sites in Yemen a week ago, and to complement its support for the Palestinians against the backdrop of the Gaza war.

The UN envoy to Libya, Abdullah Batelli, called on Libyan leaders and their international partners to commit to reaching a political settlement, aimed at resolving the crisis and ending the worrying situation in the country.