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ON BOARD THE USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (AFP) – A deafening stream of fighter jets land and take off from a US aircraft carrier, part of a long-planned NATO exercise in the Mediterranean to show military might while Russia wages war in Ukraine. “I want us to be as ready as we can possibly be,” US Rear Admiral Curt Renshaw, commander of the Carrier Strike Group Eight, told reporters this week on a visit on board USS Harry S. Truman.  “We look at the Russian capability and we look at our own capabilities and then we train to counter what they might do and to defend ourselves and to defend partners and … Continue reading “As Ukraine war rages, NATO in show of force in the Med”

Libyan oil revenue has dropped by at least 35% in the month-long stand-off between Fathi Bashagha and Abdulhamid Dbeibah which forced several production facilities across the country to close in mid-April, according to oil-price.com. Amid protests, armed attacks and blockades, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) declared a force majeure at al-Sharara and el-Feel oil fields last month, alongside other major sites. The impasse has caused crude oil production to drop to its lowest point since the coronavirus pandemic hit Libyan energy producers hard in 2020. Only this Thursday, armed protesters op… Continue reading “Libyan oil production drops by 35% during blockade”

Three people were found dead and another 10 went missing after their boat capsized off Tunisia during an attempt to reach Europe, the country’s coast guard said Friday. “Forty-four people were rescued and 10 are still missing, and we found three bodies,” said Houssem Eddine Jebabli, spokesman for the National Guard of which the coast guard forms part. The migrants, all Tunisians, had set off on Thursday from the coastal region of Sfax with the aim of reaching Italy, he said. Improving weather in recent weeks has prompted a spike in such attempts. Tunisian authorities said last Saturday they ha… Continue reading “Three migrants dead, 10 missing as boat capsizes off Tunisia”