Libya

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Thursday it held a joint working session to discuss securing the upcoming Libyan elections scheduled for the end of this year."UNSMIL facilitated a joint meeting in UN…

The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has set the date for the new season of the Libyan Football League.LFF said Thursday that the 2018/2019 season will kick off on September 14 and fans will be allowed to attend matches, citing…

An unknown armed group kidnapped Saturday Abbas al-Qadi, the head of the General Authority of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, in Tripoli.   Al-Qadi was kidnapped at gunpoint from the Tripoli airport and taken to undisclosed location. No…

Libya repatriated Thursday night 166 illegal Nigerian immigrants from Tripoli via Mitiga Airport.The returnees included 72 females, three pregnant women, and 94 males, including 5 male infants.The return of the migrants was done…

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he might send the navy’s most modern frigate to waters off Libya in a bid to “save” three Filipinos and a South Korean kidnapped last month from a water plant in the north African…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that an estimated number of 680,000 illegal immigrants were identified in Libya till May 2018."In May 2018, IOM Libya identified 679,897 migrants in Libya from 42…

South Korea  said Thursday it had deployed a warship to Libya in an apparent show of force to secure the release of a South Korean national kidnapped along with three Filipinos in the North African country.The 4,000-tonne vessel,…

 From 1 July to 31 July 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 8 civilian casualties –three deaths and five injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya.The casualty toll is the lowest on…

Libya’s coast guard picked up 574 migrants from inflatable boats in three operations on Monday off the North African country’s coast, naval forces spokesman Ayoub Qassem told Reuters.He said the migrants included 388 men, 66 women and…

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Monday he was organizing a conference to look for ways to stabilize Libya, a main departure point for migrants from North Africa trying to reach Europe.“In agreement with President…

The House of Representatives (HoR) in eastern Libyan city Tobruk decided to delay voting on the law for the constitution referendum two weeks, tasing the consultations commission to devise a new mechanism for voting that will be…

Sudan’s National intelligence Security Services (NISS) announced on Monday that it had freed a group of Egyptian army soldiers abducted by a Libyan militia on the border between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. The Egyptian group of four…

The U.N. refugee agency says it is looking into possible violations of international law involving the transport to Libya of 108 migrants rescued at sea by an Italian-flagged mercantile ship.Responding to the suspicions, Interior…

The Manchester suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017 had been rescued from the civil war in Libya by Britain's Royal Navy just three years earlier.Salman Abedi, who was born in Manchester, was…

 Digital Libya Agency (DLA) revealed that the current chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) Ali Mahmoud has appointed himself a member of the board of directors of the First Energy Bank, which is headed by…

The House of Representatives (HoR) in Tobruk, eastern Libya, has failed to vote on a constitution referendum law.The HoR held a 95-member session on Monday and discussed the articles of the proposed referendum law.Faced with…

Libya has won an international lawsuit against a Turkish company demanding financial compensation of 80 million euros (93.3 million U.S. dollars), said Libya's Justice Ministry's lawsuit department on Sunday.Libya won a lawsuit, at…

The Chairman of Libya’s Constitution Drafting Assembly, Noah Abdelsayed, announced his resignation on Sunday.   He said in a letter sent to the CDA members "I don’t want to continue in my post. Abdelsayed did not give details whether…

The Presidential Council has issued an order dismissing the Defence Minister Mahdi Al-Barghathi from his post.This is breaking news. More details to come from Libyan News.