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Libya’s political forces have one last chance to lay the groundwork for elections in the war-torn country, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar stated on Saturday. His comments came a year after the country’s election authorities postponed a vote due to disputes between rival factions.

Washington and Tokyo need to abandon their Cold War mentality and stop inventing enemies in the Asia-Pacific region, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Friday. He described a recent statement by American and Japanese foreign and defense ministers as containing “groundless smears and attacks” on China.