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Moscow Ready to Cooperate with US over Libya

Russia is ready to work with the United States in order to resolve the crisis in Libya, said Russia's ambassador to Libya. (Reuters)
Russia is ready to work with the United States in order to resolve the crisis in Libya, said Russia's ambassador to Libya. (Reuters)
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Moscow Ready to Cooperate with US over Libya

Russia is ready to work with the United States in order to resolve the crisis in Libya, said Russia's ambassador to Libya. (Reuters)
Russia is ready to work with the United States in order to resolve the crisis in Libya, said Russia's ambassador to Libya. (Reuters)

Russia is ready to work with the United States in order to resolve the crisis in Libya, said Russia's ambassador to Libya, reported the RIA news agency on Friday.

Ivan Molotkov was also cited as saying that Moscow was ready to initiate the lifting of an international arms embargo on Libya, but that was something he said could only be done once the North African country had a united army.

Later on Friday, Germany earmarked 18 million euros ($21.3 million) in financial support to expand surveillance along the Libyan-Tunisian border.

Tunisia stepped up security measures along the 300-mile border in 2015 following attacks by extremists believed to have received training in Libya.

Germany's funds will be used to create permanent surveillance infrastructure and add to mobile observation equipment worth 16 million euros Berlin provided last year.

The project is being managed by the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency.

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At Least 8 People are Killed When Passenger Train Slams into Minibus in Egypt

Egyptians look at the crash of two trains that collided near the Khorshid station in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Osama Nageb
Egyptians look at the crash of two trains that collided near the Khorshid station in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Osama Nageb
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At Least 8 People are Killed When Passenger Train Slams into Minibus in Egypt

Egyptians look at the crash of two trains that collided near the Khorshid station in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Osama Nageb
Egyptians look at the crash of two trains that collided near the Khorshid station in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, Egypt August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Osama Nageb

A train slammed into a minibus that was crossing the tracks in an unauthorized location in norther Egypt on Thursday, killing at least eight people and leaving 12 injured, the government said.

The deadly crash took place in the Suez Canal province of Ismailia, the health ministry said. More than a dozen ambulances were sent to the scene, Reuters reported.

The Egyptian railway authority said the passenger train was on its regular route when the collision occurred. The place where the minibus was crossing the railway tracks is not designated for crossing.

Local Egyptian news outlets said the victims, who included children, were all take to East Qantara Central Hospital. One child was reported to be in critical condition.

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where an aging railway system has also been plagued by mismanagement. Last October, a locomotive crashed into the tail of a Cairo-bound passenger train in southern Egypt, killing at least one person. In September, two passenger trains collided in a Nile Delta city, killing at least three people.

In recent years, the government has announced initiatives to improve its railways. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in 2018 that some 250 billion Egyptian pounds, or $8.13 billion, would be needed to properly overhaul the neglected rail network.