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Libya's conflict cannot be resolved unless the black economy and "predation of public money" are ended, the UN envoy to Libya said, calling on international actors to target "big traffickers" with sanctions."I think this…

The mayor of Tripoli central municipality was kidnapped on Wednesday and had been led to an unknown place, according to sources from the municipality.Meanwhile, the Tripoli municipality suspended work on Thursday in protest of the…

One of the militants killed in a U.S. air strike in Libya over the weekend was a “high-ranking” official in al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the Pentagon said on Wednesday.The strike on Saturday, the first against al Qaeda…

 A delegation from Misurata arrived in Zintan city on Wednesday afternoon and was received in a ceremonial event by the elders of the city. The two cities' elders and dignitaries sat down to review the…

The municipal council, military council and the social tribes’ committee of Zintan city in Libya have expressed willingness to strike reconciliation with Misurata city.The councils and the committee issued a statement saying the…

Gerard Canals, operation officer at the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, is not afraid of jail, reported the EUobserver. Earlier this month, the NGO helped save more than 200 people from drowning in the central…

Niger's ambassador to Libya Hussein Melloul has denied presence of any Nigerien opposition fighters on Libyan territory.The ambassador made his remarks on Monday during a meeting with Abdurrahman Al-Sweihli, the head of the Libyan…

On March 19, the new U.S. national security adviser John Bolton told Radio Free Asia that he hoped Trump would follow the Libya model in demanding that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons, and that it could be a “very…

The Houthi movement that controls northern Yemen vowed on Monday to fire more missiles into Saudi Arabia unless it stops bombing the country, after missiles crashed into Riyadh overnight causing casualties in the Saudi capital for the first…