JERUSALEM: Dozens of Israeli settlers Wednesday morning stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem, under protection from Israeli occupation police, according to local sources. Witnesses said scores of settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque in separate groups, where they conducted provocative tours through the courtyards of the mosque, received explanations about the alleged "Jewish Temple," and performed Talmudic rituals near the Dome of the Rock. Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA Representative in the Presidential Council, Abdullah Al-Lafi, discussed today, Wednesday in Tripoli, with the Chargé d'Affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Libya, Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Shehri, bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries and ways to enhance them. The representative of the Presidential Council expressed his appreciation for the role of Saudi Arabia in supporting the path of a peaceful solution to the political crisis in Libya, in addition to its distinguished role at the Arab and regional levels, according to the Presidential Council. Al-Lafi indicated that the Presidential Council will continue to work to achieve consensus on legal frameworks, to reach the conduct of electoral elections, with the participation of all political parties, and to achieve complete stability in the country. For his part, the Saudi Chargé d'Affaires praised the efforts of the Presidential Council to address the political impasse, by supporting the initiative of the UN envoy to Libya, as well as the nation al reconciliation project, and working with all parties to make it successful, stressing his country's support for this path, until Libya crosses into a stage of stability, prosperity and construction. Source: Libyan News Agency
5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes North of Namuac, Philippines
Namuac: An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude struck 65 kilometers north of Namuac in the Philippines at 22:01 GMT on Wednesday,