2017

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has announced the continuation of 2017 decision to allow Libyan families to buy dollars for the official bank rates with each family member getting 500 dollars in 2018 instead of 400 that was in 2017.…

The former US Special Envoy to Libya, Jonathan Winer said the House of Representatives has no authority under Libya Political Agreement or otherwise to replace Central Bank of Libya governor unilaterally."Article 15 of LPA requires…

The American tennis player, Venus Williams is cleared of any charges over a car accident that led to the death of a senior.Jerome Barson, 78-year-old, died during an accident that the American tennis player was involved in. An…

Voting began on Thursday in Catalonia in a closely watched and decisive election.Catalonians are heading to voting stations to choose between parties in favor and against staying in Spain, which will mark a turning point in the…

Iran refuted accusations by Saudi Arabia and the US about it supplying Yemen's Houthis with the missile that targeted the Saudi capital on Tuesday.A spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry said the accusations are "baseless,"…

The High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced on Tuesday that the number of eligible voters registered to the voters registration system from 8th to 18th of December has surpassed 20 thousands.Out of the 20.616 registered…

Misurata municipal council member Mustafa Kroad was named mayor of Misurata as a successor to the late Mohammad Eshtiwi, who was assassinated by unidentified gunmen, on Sunday evening.Kroad said that the members of the municipal…

The municipality councils of both Al-Khoms and Zliten cites have decided to cancel school on Wednesday and Thursday due to poor weather conditions and heavy rain fall.Al-Khoms municipality council declared , in a statement posted on…

France government has stepped up its support for stranded migrants in Libya, especially those who are the most vulnerable, as the first group of illegal immigrants who were in Libya touched down Tuesday in Paris coming from Niger.…

The appointment of a new governor for the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) by the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) has been slammed as against the law by several Libyan officials.The Head of the High Council of State (HCS)…

The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR) has voted by 54 members to appoint Mohammed Al-Shukri as the new governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL).The appointment came in an election session that was held in Tobruk on…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, that Sixty-five journalists and media personnel were killed worldwide in 2017.According to annual figures published by RSF, Syria is the deadliest country for journalists with 12…

The House of Representatives (HOR) will hold a new session today, at its headquarters in Tobruk, to include the Libya Political Agreement (LPA) in the constitutional declaration.Today's session will also witness the election of a…

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Muammar Gaddafi, is seeking to become the president of Libya , a Gaddafi family spokesman said, adding he will run in the 2018 presidential election.Speaking to Egypt Today, the spokesman, Basem…

36000 migrant children are in need of assistance in Libya, figures revealed Monday on International Migrants Day show.Out of an estimated 400,000 migrants, 9% are children and, shockingly, more than 14,000 children are also…