Libya

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…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is concerned by the ongoing violence in the city of Sabha and calls on all parties to refrain from acts that endanger civilian lives and contribute further to the destruction of…

At least 16,000 African migrants have been repatriated from camps in Libya under an emergency plan, the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.European and African leaders announced a plan for accelerated…

A new programme worth €50 million, to improve the living conditions and resilience of vulnerable populations in key Libyan municipalities has been adopted under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (North of Africa window).…

Workers' strike at the Libyan oil port of Al-Zawiya delayed loading activity on Monday but negotiations were under way to resolve the dispute, several oil and trading sources told Reuters. Workers at…

The former Libyan ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Aref Al-Nayed has officially announced that he is running for the 2018 presidential elections in Libya.Al-Nayed told Egyptian newspaper Youm 7 that he has been working…

A Spanish humanitarian group says it has rescued three migrant brothers who set out from Libya in a rubber dinghy to seek leukemia treatment for one of them.Riccardo Gatti of the aid group Proactiva Open Arms told Italy’s RAI state…

The World Customs Organization awarded the Libyan Misurata Automatic Inspection Office with the Certificate of Merit on the occasion of World Customs Day. The certificate was given to Misurata office for the…

IS (ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a car bombing at a checkpoint in eastern Libya that killed at least three persons.A Libyan official said the attack Friday targeted a checkpoint on the outskirts of the…

 The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has accused the Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) of gambling with Libyans’ money, a letter issued by the CBL and obtained by Libyan News shows. The CBL said the LFB is investing abroad…

Libya's Third Startups Expo, a micro enterprise exhibition supported by the European Union, kicked off here on Saturday.The event, supported by the European Mission to Libya, hosted dozens of small enterprises and businesses, in an…

The Libyan navy on Saturday rescued 252 migrants seeking to reach Europe, in two separate operations off the country's western coast."We were alerted... to the position of a migrant boat" around 30km off Zawiya, west of Tripoli,…

The United Arab Emirates has provided the Libyan commander of east-based self-proclaimed army, Khalifa Haftar, with portions of Libyan frozen assets in Abu Dhabi, the second deputy of the High Council of State (HCS) Mohamed…

The United States military has carried out twice as many airstrikes against IS (ISIS/ISIL) militants in Libya since President Donald Trump took office as it has publicly acknowledged, The New York Times reported on Thursday.The NYT…

 Belgian Deputy Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said the report of the disappearance of frozen Libyan funds from the Belgian Euroclear bank are "fake news." The top diplomatic official was commenting on the…