Libya

Libya is not ready to hold free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned. The country's rival authorities are planning to hold parliamentary and presidential elections later this year, but no…

The General Command of the eastern-based self-styled army led by Khalifa Haftar announced on 20 March that fighter aircraft had launched a number of airstrikes targeting two large groups of militants in southern Libya, without providing…

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was taken into police custody on Tuesday for questioning over suspected Libyan financing of his 2007 election campaign, a source close to the inquiry told AFP.Sarkozy, 63, had until now…

Italian authorities accused Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms of aiding illegal immigration after one of their boats refused to take migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to Libya, heading instead to southern Italy.Proactiva's…

The son of the diseased Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, announced from Tunisia that he is running for Libyan president in the 2018 elections.Ayman Abu Ras – the spokesman for the Libyan Popular Front – held a conference…

Societe Generale SA said on Monday that it hoped to resolve "within weeks" U.S. investigations into alleged Libor rigging and transactions made by the French bank involving Libyan counterparts, Reuters reported.The French bank said in a…

Local Tunisian media and social media activists circulated over the last two days an invitation for the press to attend a press conference in Tunis to shed light on Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi's presidential bid. "Mr.…

Families have fled the war zone in Sabha, southern Libya, over the continued fighting between two rival parties in the city. The Sabha municipal council said Saturday that over 400 families left their houses in…

Libya's eastern-based forces arrested 16 al-Qaida-linked foreign militants in the southern city of Kufra as they were trying to infiltrate into the country, said a statement late Saturday. "The…

The Libyan coastguards issued a statement accusing the Spanish rescue ship, Proactivia Open Arms, of creating a mess in the rescue operation that took place off Libyan coast on Friday.The statement said that the Libyan coastguard was…

Any theft from frozen Libyan assets in the Middle East would totally undermine UK arguments that it cannot access such assets in Britain to compensate terror victims, it is claimed.IRA victims groups and supportive parliamentarians…

The eight Greek crewmen of a Greek-owned tanker who were arrested on Wednesday night off Libya on suspicion of fuel smuggling were reportedly transferred to a naval base in Tripoli on Friday.The tanker, which was…

A Spanish rescue ship carrying 216 migrants was heading Friday to a Sicilian port after having a high-seas run-in with Libya's armed coast guard during the rescue.Proactiva Open Arms said a sick baby and her mother were…

A young Eritrean man died on Tuesday in Sicily of tuberculosis compounded by severe malnutrition. His name was Segen. He was 22, reported Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said that Segen was rescued from the…

The military prosecutor of the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has been kidnapped from in front of his house on Thursday by unknown gunmen. His family issued a statement saying Masoud Erhouma, the military prosecutor, was…

Libya has issued 205 arrest warrants for Libyans and foreigners suspected of being involved in a smuggling network for migrants heading to Europe. They include accusations of human trafficking, torture, murder and rape.The Libyan…

The New Arab unveiled Wednesday that the United Arab Emirates has used the Libyan frozen assets that are worth 50 billion dollars at its banks to send money to Khalifa Haftar and build his military empire in eastern Libya.The New Arab…

Libya's top prosecutor says criminal groups are smuggling Libyan fuel on board fishing vessels to Europe.Al-Sadiq al-Sour, the Head of the Attorney General's Office Investigation Bureau, told reporters on Wednesday their…

The Ministry of Foreign  Affairs of Georgia reported today  that one of three Georgian soldiers detained in Libya  in August of last year has been released and returned to his family in Georgia’s coastal Adjara region yesterday,…

The Libyan Ministry of Health in cooperation with the UK and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched on Tuesday a two-year project to develop healthcare centers in Libya.The project was launched during a ceremony at the…