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West bracing for defeat against China at UN rights vote
West bracing for defeat against China at UN rights vote
by  AFP

Western countries trying to pass an unprecedented resolution at the UN's top rights body targeting China for widespread abuses were scrambling Thursday for votes and bracing for possible defeat. But after weeks of frenzied lobbying from both sides, Western diplomats appeared to be bracing that the resolution will not pass in the 47-member council.

Libya PM defends undersea gas deal with Turkey
Libya PM defends undersea gas deal with Turkey
by  AFP

Libya's Tripoli-based prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has defended a deal signed earlier this week with Turkey over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean, which angered European nations.

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