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Libya's Coast Guard Intercepts 57 Europe-Bound Migrants

A member of the Libyan Coast Guard uses a pair of binoculars as he searches for migrants off the coast of Tripoli, Libya, August 9, 2017. (Reuters)
A member of the Libyan Coast Guard uses a pair of binoculars as he searches for migrants off the coast of Tripoli, Libya, August 9, 2017. (Reuters)
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Libya's Coast Guard Intercepts 57 Europe-Bound Migrants

A member of the Libyan Coast Guard uses a pair of binoculars as he searches for migrants off the coast of Tripoli, Libya, August 9, 2017. (Reuters)
A member of the Libyan Coast Guard uses a pair of binoculars as he searches for migrants off the coast of Tripoli, Libya, August 9, 2017. (Reuters)

Libya's coast guard said it intercepted 57 Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast.

Spokesman Ayoub Gassim revealed that a wooden boat carrying 53 Ethiopian migrants, including 17 women and nine children, and four Egyptian migrants was stopped on Saturday off the coastal town of Zawiya.

The town is about 48 kilometers, or 30 miles, west of the capital, Tripoli.

He said the migrants were given humanitarian and medical assistance before being taken to a detention center in Zawiya, reported The Associated Press.

Libya's coast guard said it has intercepted 577 migrants at sea so far in August.

Libya slid into chaos after the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time ruler Moammar al-Gaddafi.

It has emerged as a major transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to Europe.

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China Hits Back at Trump's Greenland Remark, Defends Arctic Operations

FILE - A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha, File)
FILE - A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha, File)
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China Hits Back at Trump's Greenland Remark, Defends Arctic Operations

FILE - A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha, File)
FILE - A view of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha, File)

China on Monday urged the United States not to use other countries as an excuse to pursue its own interests, after US President Donald ‌Trump said ‌the US needed ‌to ⁠own Greenland ‌to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future.

"The Arctic concerns the overall interests ⁠of the international community," Chinese ‌foreign ministry ‍spokesperson Mao Ning ‍said at a ‍press conference.

She said China's activities in the Arctic aim to promote peace, stability, and sustainable development in ⁠the region, according to Reuters.

Mao also called for respecting the rights and freedoms of all nations to conduct lawful activities in the Arctic.

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Rubio, Mexico Foreign Minister Speak after Trump Threatens Land Attacks on Cartels

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Rubio, Mexico Foreign Minister Speak after Trump Threatens Land Attacks on Cartels

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at the State Department, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente on Sunday, days after President Donald Trump threatened land strikes on drug cartels ‌that he ‌said were ‌running ⁠Mexico.

"Secretary of ‌State Marco Rubio spoke today with Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramón de la Fuente to discuss the ⁠need for stronger cooperation to ‌dismantle Mexico’s violent narcoterrorists ‍networks and ‍stop the trafficking ‍of fentanyl and weapons," State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement.

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday she ⁠had tasked Fuente with strengthening coordination with the United States, following Trump's threat, which became more worrying after US forces attacked Venezuela last weekend and captured its president, Nicolas Maduro, according to Reuters.

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North Korea Says 'Shameless' US Making Mockery of UN

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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North Korea Says 'Shameless' US Making Mockery of UN

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

North Korea condemned on Monday what it called "shameless" moves by the United States that it said undermined the United Nations and accused Washington of a "hideous criminal act".

Pyongyang's mission to the United Nations in New York blasted reported plans for a briefing on its alleged violations of sanctions, in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency.

Instead, it said, "what should be questioned and openly discussed in the UN as the most important pending issue is the hideous criminal act of the US".

"The US despises the existence of the UN itself," Pyongyang said.

Pyongyang's envoys did not specify the act in question, but the statement comes just over a week after the United States' capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

That operation represents a nightmare scenario for North Korea's leadership, which has long feared a so-called "decapitation strike" of that kind and accused Washington of seeking to remove it from power.

Washington's "irrationality and malpractice of abusing the UN arena to satisfy its geopolitical self-interest should never be allowed", North Korea's mission said.

It also accused Washington of "shameless illegal and immoral acts" and "trying to make a mockery of the UN arena for unilateral and selfish purposes".

President Donald Trump last week announced the United States would leave a number of United Nations organizations it identified as "contrary to the interests of the United States".

North Korea is under a slew of United Nations Security Council sanctions over its nuclear and missile program.