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Since a NATO-led air war toppled the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi five years ago, Western governments have kept their distance from Libya, even as it plunged into a disastrous civil war. But the country is back in the headlines, and for…

Groups of Islamic State fighters are quitting their bases in Libya fearing Western air strikes and heading south, posing a new threat to countries in Africa's Sahel region including Niger and Chad, officials and intelligence sources…

The IS group claimed it had shot down a MiG-23 fighter jet of Khalifa Hatar's Dignity Operation (Karama) forces, Friday, and also released a video of the warplane falling with reports of abducting its pilot.An official said that the…

The Attorney General Office to issue arrest warrents of some banks Directors, ministers, and businessmen, a source disclosed.The source, who asked to remain anonymous, told Press Solidarity that the Attorney General also will issue…

Counter-terrorism officers in the Metropolitan Police are increasingly concerned that so-called Islamic State's foothold in Libya could become a second springboard, after Syria, for attacks on the UK and the rest of Europe. As the US-led…

Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece. The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers' meeting in Brussels.Nato…

On Wednesday, the body tasked with forming a Libyan national unity government was given an extension until Sunday to do so. At the same time, with the US and several European nations itching to 'take action' in the country, members of…

The Justice Minister in the Salvation Government of the General National Congress, Mustafa Al-Glaib, said in a GNC session, that the ministry is considering extradition of Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Muamer Gaddafi, from Lebanon and…

A delegation of Libyan Reconciliation Elders Council has paid a visit to Misrata prisons Wednesday to solidify the national reconciliation and check on the prisoners’ conditions and their needs.The Council’s head, Mohammed…

The Libyan Taekwando wrestler,Yousif Ben Shariha, has qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.Ben Shariha qualified for the Olympics after winning silver medal for above 57 kg weight, in the African Olympics…