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The Libyan High National Elections Commission (HNEC) announced Friday that over two million voters had registered to cast ballots in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to take place by the end of…

The Libyan Audit Bureau has criticized in a Wednesday statement the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), the Ministry of Finance and the Presidential Council over their “not serious” tackling of the country’s economic situation.The Audit…

On Friday dawn, three cars stopped by the house of the Defence Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Al-Mihdi Al-Barghathi in Janzour district in Tripoli and fired RPGs and machine gunshots.The gunmen fled…

The Tripoli-based Special Deterrent Force (SDF) arrested Monday two Islamic State (IS) terrorists in Tripoli. The SDF said on its Facebook page that the two terrorists confessed that they were on the verge of…

The United States congratulated on Thursday Libya for destroying its remaining chemical weapons stockpile.The White House Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement that the United States congratulates Libya for destroying…

Jeffrey Feltman, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, said the U.N. saw elections this year as a route to a “peaceful and inclusive end to the transition phase”.“The goal is a Libyan goal: to end the transition phase…

Libya’s coastguards said about 100 migrants were believed missing at sea and that at least 279 others had been rescued off the Libyan coast.Wednesday’s statement says the migrants, mostly Africans, had embarked on the perilous trip…

The Libyan Supreme Council of Amazigh has lashed out at the commander of self-styled army, Khalifa Haftar, for his threats and racism against the Libyan Amazigh.Following the abduction of the Libyan Amazigh activist in Benghazi, Rabee…

Posters in support of a Palestinian teenager detained for allegedly assaulting Israeli soldiers have been removed from bus stops around London.JCDecaux, which oversees transport advertising, removed the promotions depicting Ahed…

UK police have detained a French businessman as part of a long-running investigation into suspected Libyan financing of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign, officials said yesterday.Alexandre Djouhri, the subject…