hit the mosque in the city of benghazi which is controlled by the forces of military strongman khalifa haftar there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. the explosions went off right at the start of friday prayers when the mosque was packed with worshippers officials say two bombs were planted in separate parts of the complex. this is the second attack targeting a benghazi mosque in less than a month libya has been wracked by violence and divisions ever since dictator muammar gadhafi was toppled and killed in two thousand and eleven the country is divided between two rival administrations one in the capital tripoli and backed by the u.n. the other in the east of the country which benghazi belongs to each backed by various militias oh. this latest attacks all schools of people rushed to hospital. we were sitting outside when the blast went off we were by the back door. the glass and the door fell on us and after that i passed out. the explosion occurred during the sermon we were listening to his words and suddenly the blast went off that was it the un is currently trying to

city of tobruk in may two thousand and fourteen after taking charge of the army renegade general khalifa haftar launched an offensive here events. fully allied himself with the house of representatives but in december twenty fifth in the un attempted to broker peace setting up the government of national accord the internationally recognized government took office in early twenty sixteen but fighting continued after have tired launched a second offensive holder did read reports now from the capital tripoli on how political divisions there are taking a toll on the lives of many libyans. welcome so deep does not enjoy his business as he once did in the old days he says when the financial situation was a stable in libya he used to have fourteen workers in his shop but not now and the coppersmith hardly gets any orders to make anything new or have the where and sometimes we work here for a whole day and end up with always nothing in our pockets many clients have not come to pick up the pieces several months because of lack of money libyans have been through a lot over the past seven years two compet

preventing thousands of internally displaced families from and turning to benghazi and january general khalifa haftar who leads the l n a instructed his forces to the still take the return of displaced people they were part of an estimated thirteen thousand families who fled benghazi after heart launched a campaign against armed groups there in two thousand and fourteen but human rights watch says many libyans are reporting torture forced disappearances and property theft upon their return so ahead on al jazeera we take a look at the grassroots mobile network that's helping mexico's indigenous communities keep in touch with the rest of the world. hello there there's lots of fine calm weather across the northern parts of asia at the moment we do have this little area of cloud though that's been drifting its way across japan that's a developing feature and it's still with us as we head through the day on friday it's very very close to that southeastern corner of honshu so it does look like tokyo will catch a few showers at times during the day towards the west though largely fine and dry except for thi

to have a strongman culture and in a country like libya it doesn't help that there's this guy khalifa haftar former general who's now running a bunch of militias who was accused of being a former cia asset cuse to being an m.r.i. said accused of war crimes he seems to have a lot of power and influence in a section of the country is that where libya is heading back towards the arms of another dictator another general and i think libyans they would never accept another dictator they would never accept another military rule force mr hooper have that that you mention he will support the egyptians and the immoralities by money and weapons because they want to make sure that will never get out to sort of once you get one someone like him who as i call it hourly has to be contained and whole and the know it right now right now there is there is there is a divided nations going for an election for the next quarter this the end of the year. and you have said when should the united nations this week a panel of u.n. experts said and i quote the political solution in libya remains out of reach in the ne

port city of kabul in may twenty fourth teen after taking charge of the army renegade general khalifa haftar launched an offensive eventually allied himself with the house of representatives but in december twenty fifth the un attempted to broker peace setting up the government of national accord the internationally recognized government took office in early twenty sixteen the fighting continued off to have launched a second offensive mahmud of the what had reports now from the capital tripoli on how political divisions are taking a toll on the lives of many libyans. does not enjoy his business as he once did in the old days he says when the financial situation was a staple in libya he used to have fourteen workers in his shop but not now and the coppersmith hardly gets any orders to make anything new or have the where and sometimes they work here for a whole day and end up with always nothing in our pockets many courts have not come to pick up the pieces several months because of lack of money libyans have been through a lot over the past seven years two competing bases of dozens of rival g

human rights watch says the groups are linked to the so-called libyan national army its commander khalifa haftar recently ordered his troops to allow displaced people to return to benghazi after they fled fighting between rival groups in twenty fourteen but forced disappearances torture and thefts are reported. to session a since southern yemen have handed control of the main government military campaign aide to a local armed group secessionist forces backed by the united arab emirates took control of aden from the government on tuesday after several days of fighting dozens have been killed and injured in the unrest and aid groups have suspended operations in aden some flights have now resumed after the airport closed because of the fighting well joining me now on the phone from a is carlos sees the head of the mission for the international committee of the red cross in aid good to have you with us on al-jazeera let's just begin with the situation youth a still the past twenty four hours. a day agencies were told to stay indoors because of the violence what's the situation like now. now. a lot.

was forced to hand himself over to forces loyal to general khalifa haftar happened after pressure from the international criminal court. who is allied with have to offer is wanted for alleged war crimes the prime minister of yemen has called on saudi arabia and its coalition to investigate recent deadly clashes in the coastal city of aides and dozens of people were killed and many injured in three days of fighting between southern separatists and government forces last month the violence broke out as the saudi backed government faced accusations of pushing yemen to the brink of famine the fighting stopped after both sides agreed to observe a cease fire. we asked for an independent investigation to be conducted by the kingdom of saudi arabia alone or by the arab coalition members all together we trust the coalition's leadership and members the truth and facts will only determine the justice process and will decide who's to blame for these incidents that led to the killing of the yemeni people and destruction in. antigovernment protesters in thailand have been charged with sedition nine

were folly was forced to hand himself over to the forces loyal to general khalifa haftar it happenedafter pressure from the international criminal court. ally as allied with is wanted for alleged war crimes international criminal court has begun preliminary investigations into a case against the philippines president would you go to terror say involving his campaign against illegal drugs claims also relate to extra legal killings he allegedly ordered when he was mayor of our city two mile island dogan has more from manila. well two complaints were filed last year the first one was submitted by a witness his name is ed garment the bottle who claims he once worked for that very day when he was mayor of dubbo city in the southern philippines for decades he says deterrent it was responsible in setting up and running the notorious double death squad which run after a death drug syndicates and drug users in the area then now a supplementary complaint was submitted by members of the opposition senator on tonya three indianness and congressman gary asked the i.c.c. to look into the existing