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The Presidential Council of the Government of National Accord has issued a statement on Tuesday denouncing the exhumation of the shrine of the father of Libya's monarch Idris Al-Senussi: Mohammed Al-Mahdi Al-Senussi in Al-Kufra last…

Iran's supreme leader has accused the country's enemies of stirring days of protests that have claimed at least 22 lives.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking for the first time since clashes between protesters and security forces…

Libya's Interior Ministry of the UN-backed government has approved to recruit 500 new members of the diplomatic security service responsible for protecting foreign embassies and missions in Libya, according to a security official on…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented in last December six civilian casualties - five deaths and one injury – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya, a drop for a second consecutive month, saying…

The Libyan Arabian Gulf Oil Company (AGOCO) said it was hoping to resolve electricity problems by the end of March 2018."Power complexities and outages are keeping production well below potential," AGOCO's Chairman said on Monday,…

433 people were killed in Libya in 2017, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has reported today.The reported issued on the first day of the year said that the 433 people included 79 children and 10 women,…

The number of immigrants arriving in Italy from Libyan shores has dropped by a third in 2017 compared to 2016, Italy’s Interior Ministry said Sunday.The Italian Ministry said that the drop of the arrivals’ number is a result of the…

The Military Engineering Unit’s commander at the Libyan east-based self-styled army, Abdulsalam Al-Mismari said that landmines planted by whom he described as extremists in Benghazi killed 197 soldiers and civilians during…

Repairing has been finished on the Libyan oil pipeline that has been damaged in a suspected attack five days ago, engineers working at the site said, according to Reuters.The engineers added that the oil production is restarting…

Two protesters at least were shot by Iranian security forces in the western town of Dorud on Saturday, according to a video posted on social media, on the third day of anti-government demonstrations around the country, Reuters…