International News Morning Post:
[Moroccan Navy rescues 111 stowaways in the Mediterranean]
According to Moroccan media reports on the 18th, the Coast Guard affiliated with the Moroccan Navy rescued 111 stowaways in the Mediterranean Sea on the 15th and 16th of this month.
Moroccan official news agencies quoted military sources as reporting that the Moroccan Coast Guard found multiple stranded rubber boats in the Mediterranean Sea and rescued 111 people on board. Most of these stowaways are from sub-Saharan countries, and the Coast Guard has provided necessary care to some of them in poor health. The 111 people have now been sent to ports in northern Morocco.
[The second round of talks of the Libyan Joint Military Commission begins in Geneva]
The second round of talks between the Libyan Joint Military Commission, which is mediated by the United Nations, began in Geneva on the 18th. Gassan Salam, special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Libya and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, said at a press conference on the same day that he hoped that this round of talks would reach some consensus on the realization of a lasting ceasefire in Libya.
Salam said that the delegations of the Libyan National Unity Government and the "National Army" arrived in Geneva on the 17th and held talks on relevant topics on the morning of the 18th.
[Milanovic sworn in as President of Croatia]
Croatian President-elect Zoran Milanovic was sworn in in the capital Zagreb on the 18th.
The inauguration took place on the day of the Croatian Presidential Palace and lasted about half an hour, with more than 40 people invited to attend. Milanovic gave his inaugural address after taking the oath of office to the Judge of the Constitutional Court of Croatia, promising to do everything in his power to serve the welfare of the country and the people, and called on all sectors to cooperate in the fight against corruption and advocate equality and entitlement for all.