At least 2 dead in Libya oil company attack
Tripoli: At least two people were killed and 10 wounded when gunmen attacked the headquarters of Libya’s National Oil Company on Monday, the health ministry said.
NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah told the news channel Libya 218 that staff members had been killed and others wounded, some of whom were in a “serious condition”.
Car bomb kills six near Somali govt office
Mogadishu: Six people were killed and another 16 injured when a car bomb exploded outside a local Government office in Mogadishu on Monday, Somali police and rescue workers said. “Our ambulance teams have collected the dead bodies of six people,” said Abdiqadir Abdirahman, director of the city’s Aamin Ambulance service.
Violence displaces over 30K in Syria this month
Beirut: Violence in Syria's Idlib and the adjacent province of Hama has forced more than 30,000 people out of their homes this month alone, a United Nations spokesman told AFP on Monday.
UN sees 70% chance of El Nino event this year
Geneva: An El Nino event that could disrupt global weather is likely by the end of what has already been a hot year, the UN said on Monday. The World Meteorological Organisation forecast “a 70 per cent chance of an El Nino developing by the end of this year,” a WMO statement said. El Nino is triggered by periodic warming in the eastern Pacific Ocean which can trigger drought in some regions, heavy rain in others.