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The Greek police stopped a truck with stolen registration numbers and found 59 illegal immigrants.

The truck was stopped Friday afternoon on a highway, about 30 kilometers east of Thessaloniki, as it traveled with signs with a Bulgarian registration that were declared stolen.

Greek police say they have stopped a truck with stolen license plates and found 59 undocumented migrants inside.
The truck was stopped Friday afternoon on the highway about 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Thessaloniki, because it had Bulgarian license plates that had been reported stolen.

The White House said on April 19 that President Donald Trump spoke by phone earlier in the week and discussed "ongoing counterterrorism efforts" with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, leader of a military assault on the capital Tripoli in opposition to the internationally recognized government.

Turkey has always supported the Sudanese people's ambition of transitioning to civilian rule, Sudan's ambassador to Turkey said on April 18.         

Turkey's foreign minister spoke via telephone with his Russian counterpart April 18 and discussed recent developments in Libya, according to diplomatic sources.

Sudan's military rulers have transferred ousted president Omar al-Bashir to prison, a family source said on April 17, as demonstrators keep up their sit-in outside the army complex calling for a swift transfer to a civilian government.

Around 150 people are missing in the Democratic Republic of Congo after yesterday's announcement of a ferry that turned up in Kivu Lake, DPA reported.

"I am very sad because of the sinking of a ship on Kivu Lake on April 15. For now, 150 people are missing," President Felix Tshisekedi wrote on Twitter.

Both western and eastern nations have called on a smooth and peaceful transition in Sudan, with a proposal by the ruling "military council" promising the country would have a new civilian government one day after the armed forces overthrew President Omar al-Bashir. 

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has stepped down and consultations are under way to form a transitional council to run the country, government sources and a provincial minister said on April 11.

The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, said that Europe is divided over Libya, reported BTA.
    France and Italy are divided on the issue with Libya despite the official position of the European Union, said European Parliament President Antonio Tajani.