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The death toll more than doubled to over 800 in Indonesia Sunday, two days after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the island of Sulawesi and triggered a tsunami that hit the coast soon after.Rescue officials are worried…

After a month of militia clashes that left more than 100 people dead, Libya's UN-backed foreign minister on Friday called for the country's UN political mission to transform into a "security and stability" support role.Mohamed…

The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly that over 30,000 migrants have been "freed from Libya detention centers."Mogherini added that this achievement was made…

At the invitation of French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian, Ministers and high representatives of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Niger, Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Russia, the European Union,…

The Government of National Accord (GNA) welcomed "the return of calm" after the battle for power between militias left at least 117 dead and more than 400 injured since it broke out in the capital's southern suburbs on August 27,…

Libya's coastguards said they had intercepted about 350 Europe-bound illegal migrants, including women and children, off the Mediterranean coast in the past few days.The Libyan Navy Force Spokesman Ayoub Qassim explained Wednesday…

An estimated 5,000 families were forced to leave their homes in Tripoli to seek refuge in other areas of the Libyan capital due to clashes between militias that started on August 26 and ended, at least for the time being, yesterday with…

Tripoli Protection Force, affiliated with Libya’s UN-backed unity government, assumed control of the capital’s southern districts on Tuesday, according to a local security source. The force assumed control of Tripoli’s Al-qaklia military…

France managed to make Italy stay away from the developments of the Libyan status quo, especially after the latest Tripoli violence. a source close to Khalifa Haftar told Arabi21 news site. The source added that currently in…

France said on Monday it wanted the U.N. Security Council to implement sanctions on militias involved in month-long clashes between rival factions in Libya’s capital Tripoli.“In the face of the worsening security situation in…