Libya

Libya’s UN-backed Government of National Accord warned on Tuesday that any new attempt by a rival administration in the east to export oil independently will be stopped after Khalifa Haftar handed the ports to a parallel oil body in…

Khalifa Haftar announced Monday the handover of oil installations under the control of his self-styled army to an administration that rivals Libya’s UN-backed government, after retaking them from militias.The strongman’s…

Khalifa Haftar announced Monday the handover of oil installations under the control of his self-styled army to an administration that rivals Libya's UN-backed government, after retaking them from militias.The strongman's…

Italian right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said he is to put a Libyan proposal on tackling the migration issue before European leaders at a summit on Thursday.“We will convey to the European leaders that Libya is…

The deputy head of Libya's  Presidential Council Ahmed Mitig demanded on Sunday Spain hand over smuggled Libyan antiquities recently seized by Madrid.Mitig made his remarks during a meeting with Spanish Ambassador to Libya Francisco…

Libya's coastguard has rescued nearly 1,000 migrants who were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean on their way to Europe, the navy said on Monday.Three separate operations took place on Sunday with the coastguard…

As Italy's new populist government cracked down on foreign NGO boats operating in the Mediterranean Saturday the Italian coastguard has followed suit telling boats in Libyan waters to "turn to" Libya when in distress.According to…

Three Turkish engineers kidnapped last year in the southern Libyan town of Ubari have been released, the U.N.-backed Libyan government said.In November, an unknown armed group kidnapped four engineers, three from Turkey and one from…

Slovak MEP and chairman of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) Branislav Skripek made waves at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Thursday by revealing how the leftist…

Libya’s oil production has dropped to between 600,000 and 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) from more than one million following clashes at its Ras Lanuf and Sidra oil terminals, a Libyan oil source said on Wednesday.The National Oil…

The Chairman of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) Mustafa Sanallah confirmed on Friday that Khalifa Haftar’s so-called "Libyan National Army (LNA)" had regained control of the key oil ports of Ras Lanuf and Sidra, saying he hoped…

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi boarded a chartered flight Tuesday bound for Niger with 122 refugees, mostly women and children, on board.The refugees, who had been held in detention in the Libyan capital, were…

The U.N. refugee agency says survivors have reported that some 220 migrants drowned off the coast of Libya in recent days and is expressing shock at the mass drownings. A statement by UNHCR released on Thursday said the migrants drowned…

Libya’s navy recovered the bodies of five migrants while they rescued more than 100 after their vessel sank near the country’s coast, the navy told AFP on Monday.Libyan rescuers took three hours to reach the sinking rubber…

Sources from the oil crescent region confirmed on Thursday that the forces of the self-styled army of Khalifa Haftar had taken control of oil crescent region's terminals and positions after clashes that saw the forces of Petroleum…

The Moroccan community in Libya, under the auspices of "Libya-Morocco Friendship Association" organized a celebration of Aid Al-Fatr at Al-Kashaf Theater in Tripoli. The celebration showcased the Moroccan traditional and cultural…

Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced Sunday that storage capacity at Ras Lanuf oil terminal had been cut by 400,000 barrels after a second crude oil tank was set on fire amid fighting between rival factions for control of…

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) warned Saturday of an environmental disaster after clashes in its eastern Libya's oil crescent region, where 34 people from both sides were killed according to local military and media sources.…

Out of The High Council of State’s concern about the Libyans’ funds inside and outside the country, and in view of the step taken by the British government to have the UK House of Common vote for using Libya’s frozen assets in the UK to…