The Algerian Ministry of Culture announced, on Friday, the postponement of all major art festivals scheduled for this summer in solidarity with the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a devastating Israeli war since October 7, 2023.

The Tunisian judiciary prevented Abdel Latif Al-Makki, head of the “Action and Achievement” Party and opposition politician, from traveling, appearing in the media, and moving outside his city.

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency announced the arrest of a Libyan citizen in San Francisco as part of a national operation targeting human rights violators, and he will be deported to Libya.

Moroccan security forces in Ouarzazate province were able to free an elderly man in his seventies, after his family had held him captive inside his home for more than 20 years.

British Development Minister Annalize Dodds announced the United Kingdom’s contribution of two million pounds ($2.6 million) to support Sudanese refugees fleeing violence.

The International Monetary Fund announced on Friday that the inflation rate in Egypt declined for the fourth month in a row, reaching less than 28% in June 2024, compared to 35.6% last February.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune expected Algeria’s national income to rise to $400 billion by the end of 2027.

A team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic in the United States performed the world’s first successful total laryngeal transplant for a patient with a rare laryngeal cancer.

Due to the political division, Libya is transformed into areas of influence and centers of power that divide the country. The election impasse does not only reflect internal competition, but also a European will to control North Africa.

Tunisian Marine Guard units in the Sahel region received an urgent report about illegal immigration boats carrying Tunisians being damaged and leaking water at sea.

Russia is contributing to the reconstruction of Libyan infrastructure, which was subjected to major destruction after the invasion of NATO forces in 2011.

This summer, Moscow is witnessing the launch of the first edition of the “Boulevard Theater” festival, where the central streets of the Russian capital are transformed into open theaters from July 15 to August 11.

The Russian Federal Security Service announced that it had thwarted a plan for a terrorist attack targeting an Orthodox church in the city of Maykop in the Russian region of Adygea.

The city of Mumbai is preparing to host a huge and luxurious wedding for Anant Ambani, the youngest child of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant, the daughter of billionaire Shri Viren Merchant.

The Maltese authorities are still waiting for a response from their Libyan counterpart regarding the fate of arms and drug trafficker Gomec Calleja Maatouk, and the handover of the body of his wife Marzia.

French media reported, citing local authorities, that 4 people died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to Britain on Thursday and Friday.

The Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Stephanie Khoury, co-chaired the meeting of the Security Working Group emerging from the Berlin Process.

The spread of a video clip showing negotiations to sell antiquities from within the Wafd Party, and the ensuing uproar and decisions to dismiss and drop membership, brought the file of trade and smuggling of Egyptian antiquities abroad to the forefront.

The draw for the African Champions League repeated the matches of previous seasons for Moroccan clubs, as Raja Casablanca and the Royal Army face opponents they previously met in the preliminary rounds of the tournament.

The Chadian ambassador to Russia, Adam Bachir Mahmoud, announced that Chad is working to cancel entry visas for Russian citizens, and these changes may come into effect before the end of 2024.