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At least eight migrants drowned when their Europe-bound boat sank off Libya's coast and at least 100 people are missing, a coastguard official said on Saturday.The eight bodies were on an inflatable craft that can carry up to 120…

Over five people were injured as a car bomb detonated at the same minute the convoy of Benghazi mayor was passing through in northwestern the city.Benghazi mayor, Abdel Rahman Al-Abar, was also injured, but according to media…

The son of the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, was freed from Zintan in the western mountain region in Libya and had arrived in eastern Libya, Al-Bayda city.Saif is now among his uncles and relatives in…

The United Arab Emirates' assistance that violates a U.N. arms embargo has significantly boosted air power for forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, a report by U.N. investigators published on Friday said, according to…

Libya got their Group E match day-one of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers to a perfect start after beating visiting Seychelles 5-1 on Friday in Cairo.Nigeria and South Africa are the other teams in the group with only the…

More than 900 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya during the past 48 hours while trying to reach Italy, the Italian coastguard said on Friday.Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said that it saved 716 of the migrants, and…

Qatar dismissed allegations of support for Islamist militancy on Friday after four Arab states, which cut ties with Qatar this week, blacklisted as terrorists dozens of people with alleged links to Qatar, Reuters said.The…

The blacklist of terrorists and terror entities that was issued by the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt naming what they said the names and organisations funded for doing terror work by Qatar included four Libyan names and one…

About 20 air raids have so far taken place in Benghazi down town by the fighter aircraft of Operation Dignity and backing-up foreign warplanes (mainly Egyptian) according to local media reports on Thursday.The airstrikes were…

Former FBI director James Comey on Thursday accused President Donald Trump of firing him to try to undermine the bureau's investigation into possible collusion between his 2016 presidential campaign team and Russia, Reuters reported.…