A knife-wielding man has been arrested in the Spanish enclave of Melilla after attacking a policeman at the border with Morocco while shouting "Allahu Akbar".

A knife-wielding man has been arrested in the Spanish enclave of Melilla after attacking a policeman at the border with Morocco while shouting "Allahu Akbar".

Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz has urged his Italian counterpart not to allow migrants arriving by boat to Italy's islands to travel on to the mainland, declaring that "being saved in the Mediterranean cannot be connected with a ticket to Central Europe".

More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year — more than 80% of them trying to reach Europe by sea, said the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

A solar-powered plane has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.

Irish exploration firm, Circle Oil, has effectively placed itself up for sale, by initiating an “all options” strategic review to reduce debt, maintain sufficient cash-flow, and maximise shareholder value.

Irish-founded exploration firm Circle Oil is considering a fresh equity raise in the new year in a bid to “right size” its balance sheet.

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Exploration firm Circle Oil has said it may explore a number of funding options to safeguard its financial stability in the current depressed oil price environment.

Instead of building wire barricades and sending boats back to Northern Africa, Europe urgently needs to put mechanisms in place to ensure routes to safety for people fleeing for survival.

Shares in Dublin-based exploration firm, San Leon Energy jumped more than 12%, at one point, yesterday on the back of the company confirming it had been approached with a potential takeover offer.

Global warming could silence the summer buzz of the bumblebee forever unless urgent action is taken to save the insects, scientists have warned.

Circle Oil is hoping to reach agreement by the end of this year on a farm-out deal, regarding its highly-rated assets offshore Tunisia.

Petroceltic is confident a bid by its main shareholder to unseat its chief executive and overhaul its board will be rejected at an investor vote later this month.

Outgoing US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has said he is worried about a potential division within Nato as countries in the north want to focus on the growing threat from Russia, while other alliance members in the south are more worried about the influx of foreign fighters from northern Africa.

I believe in the sun though it is late in rising. I believe in love though it is absent. I believe in God though He is silent.

Ryanair is to use its next big Boeing order to compete with the likes of Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways on routes from Ireland and Britain to the Gulf States and northern Africa.

The Limerick-based exploration firm Circle Oil has commenced the search for a new chief executive after announcing that the incumbent, Professor Chris Green, intends to step down and resign from the company’s board. 

Dragon Oil has said it remains in "detailed discussions" with its backers over a proposed bid for Irish exploration firm Petroceltic.

Any pending formal takeover offer for Dublin exploration firm, Petroceltic from Middle Eastern player, Dragon Oil is expected by analysts to tempt other parties into a bidding war.

Providence Resources has said that planning for a resumption of drilling at its highly-anticipated Barryroe field off the Cork coast, as well as plans to bring in a development partner for the asset, are at an advanced stage.

A cruise ship is trying to rescue hundreds of people stranded aboard a small boat off Cyprus, believed to be refugees who have fled Syria.

Setanta Sports is in the final stages of selling its Australian broadcasting division to an international conglomerate owned by an affiliate of Middle East media giant, Al Jazeera.

Petroceltic International has suspended its Iraqi operations and begun to evacuate "non-essential personnel" from the region on safety grounds.

Dublin-based exploration firm Petroceltic has agreed a settlement with one of its former consultants in North Africa, after lengthy legal proceedings, nudging its share price in London up by almost 1% yesterday.

Circle Oil — the Limerick -based exploration firm with assets in northern Africa and the Middle East — is actively considering making its first dividend payment to shareholders.

An Air Algerie flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers in northern Africa has disappeared from radar, the official Algerian news agency confirmed.

Circle Oil is set to further develop its Middle Eastern assets later this year with both drilling and farm-out activity planned.

Dublin: Last month saw Aer Lingus Regional — the airline’s secondary destination service, operated by Stobart Air (Aer Arann) — have up its 12th consecutive month of growth, with more than 130,000 passengers carried.

Limerick-based explorer, Circle Oil intends to expand its presence in northern Africa in a bid to increase shareholder value, after reporting record revenue and production growth for last year.

Dublin-based exploration company Petroceltic International has forecast total production levels of 20 to 22 million barrels of oil equivalent per day for this year.

Irish exploration company Circle Oil is targeting drilling activity in all of its territories in 2014, with management promising a very active year.

A Somali man who allegedly organised a ship crossing of migrants from northern Africa to Europe that ended in a shipwreck killing more than 365 people has been arrested by police in Sicily.

Irish oil and gas explorer Petroceltic International has marginally reduced its full- year production targets, due to a slowdown in production at its Egyptian assets.

Limerick-based explorer Circle Oil has vowed to further grow its business with increased drilling activity as well as more acquisitions, after reporting strong profit, revenue, and production gains in the first six months of the year.

Dublin-based exploration company Petroceltic International has extended its southern European footprint into Greece, through the award of a share of a licence off the country’s west coast.

Activists have presented a list of demands they said could end days of anti-government demonstrations that have engulfed Turkey, as trade unions joined in the outpouring of anger, shouting slogans and wielding banners calling on the prime minister to resign.

Shares in Irish exploration firm Petroceltic International fell nearly 4% yesterday on the back of the company abandoning an exploration well in one of the territories into which it expanded last year.

Pre-tax losses at Dublin-based exploration firm Petroceltic fell more than 18% last year — a period management has called “transformational” for the company.

British exploration company Europa Oil & Gas intends to expand its Irish asset portfolio beyond its two existing prospects off the south-west coast, which have a mean total resource potential of around 2bn barrels of oil.

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