Libya

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday released four hostages -- including two police officers -- after having abducted them two days earlier in Libya’s central Jufra city. Speaking on Facebook, Ismail al-Sharif, a member of Libya’s Tobruk-based…

ISIS terrorists have killed two policemen at a checkpoint east Libyan city of Ajdabiya - Aqilah town.Sources from the city's Megaryf Hospital confirmed that two were killed and others were injured in the attack."The attack took…

Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta on Tuesday told her Libyan counterpart Najim Owida shortly after her arrival in Tripoli that it is necessary to ''stop human trafficking and irregular immigration''. The minister stressed that…

France’s foreign minister visited Libya on Monday to encourage holding elections in the north African country later this year as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by the country’s main political rivals in Paris in May. Jean-Yves…

Britain could send troops to Libya to train anti-terror forces to fight Islamic State after a request from the country's military, Daily Mail reported on Monday. The commander of the UN-backed government's counter-terrorism force said he…

Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted 40 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, near its shores, bound for Europe.Coast guard spokesman Ayoub Qassim says a boat carrying 31 men, eight women and a child was stopped on Saturday off…

In coordination with local authorities and members of the Mixed Migration Working Group, UNHCR and its partners are following-up on the situation of the refugees and migrants who were found in an abandoned truck near the outskirts…

A trade dispute between Libya and Tunisia has halted cross-border traffic for 10 days.Trucks have been unable to go through the border crossing for over a week, disrupting business and sowing confusion.Tunisians who work in…

The European Union’s migrant strategy suffered a major new setback Friday with Italy refusing to freely accept people rescued at sea and Libya spurning a proposal for asylum processing centres.The salvoes follow a fractious EU summit in…

The number of migrants in Libya’s overcrowded detention centres has almost doubled over the past three months, according to the UN’s migration agency.Amid a crackdown on Mediterranean crossings by the Italy and EU-backed Libyan…

The member of the Presidential Council (PC) for Cyrenaica region, Fathi Al-Mijibri, has announced withdrawing from the PC in Tripoli, citing militia control on the capital an the PC as well as on the decisions. The member called on…

Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender-based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions and sexual violence, as well as smear campaigns, gender-related slurs and…

 The Independent reported Tuesday that in Libya, corruption was endemic in the country under Moamar Gaddafi, but now, amid the chaos of military struggle, it overwhelms the whole fabric of the country.The British newspaper said…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Tuesday it had declared force majeure on exports from Zawiya oil terminal as production at Sharara oilfield dropped to 125,000 barrels per day (bpd).Production at Sharara, where some…

A woman and a boy adrift in the Mediterranean died just hours before help reached their damaged dinghy, Spanish rescuers said, after finding a second woman alive in the vessel, which had been carrying migrants toward Europe, Reuters…

The Libyan coast guard on Monday stopped a migrant boat with 158 migrants aboard. These included 34 women and nine children, sources said.  The boat was intercepted off the city of Khoms, the coast guard said.The…

 Digital Libya Agency (DLA) revealed on Facebook leaked information saying that the board of directors of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) did not review the the necessary work assessment of the board members in…

The UN delegate to Libya has warned that a recent agreement to resume oil production in the conflict-torn country will not hold unless key issues concerning the distribution of wealth and “endemic plundering of resources” are speedily…

8 illegal migrants, including six children, were found dead on Monday after suffocating from petrol fumes while packed into a lorry container on the west Libyan coast, the Libyan Navy said.90 ,ore immigrants, who were recovered from…