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In a telephone call between Libya's new foreign minister Najla Almangoush and her Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, the two discussed the most recent developments in Libya and the upcoming elections.According to the Libyan…

According to Syrian sources in Libya, underpaid soldiers working for the regime of Bashar Al-Assad are fleeing their country to join forces with militias loyal to field marshal Khalifa Haftar due to Assad's failure to pay their salaries on…

Libya's Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Debiba expressed the country's sincere condolences to Egypt for the tragic loss of life in the collision between two trains that killed over thirty people and injured even more.In a tweet on his…

The daughter of the well known Libyan activist and lawyer who was murdered last year Hannn Al-Burasi was reportedly kidnapped this last week in Benghazi by unknown parties.The armed assailants abducted the young woman to an undisclosed…

An official agreement was signed this week by the Director-General of the Libyan Customs Authority, Suliman Ali and his Tunisian counterpart Youssef Zouaghi to officially resume customs work at the border crossing of Ras Jedier.…

This week, international football made its long-awaited return to Libya after a seven-year hiatus as a result of security concerns that banned international teams from visiting the war-torn nation.Despite being handed a crushing defeat…

The streets of Tripoli this Thursday were packed with traffic as security forces cleared the main roads for the arrival of the country's largest diplomatic visit in a decade.The Foreign Ministers of Italy, France, and Germany…

Two trains collided in Egypt today causing 32 deaths and dozens of casualties after emergency brakes were triggered by "unknown individuals" near the city of Sohag, Reuters reported the railway authority saying. The brakes caused one of…

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday received the chairman of Libya's Presidential Council in Istanbul.The meeting between Erdogan and Mohammad Younes Menfi at the Vahdettin Mansion lasted around two hours.Turkish…

Libya's Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush called Thursday for the departure of all foreign forces and mercenaries from the country. "We reiterate the need for the immediate departure of all mercenaries from Libya," al-Mangoush said in a…