Libya

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…

The fighters of the self-styled army in eastern Libya led by Khalifa Haftar have killed two unarmed civilians in broad daylight in Derna amid tens of peer fighters chanting and applauding saying "Allah Akbar."A video posted on…

Austria is the host of the ‘1st Libyan-European Oil & Gas Summit’, which will be held from 28-29 June 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in Vienna. The agenda not only covers topics like the restoration and renewal of the Libyan oil and gas…

Presidential Council rejected Monday Britain's intention to use the frozen Libyan assets in London to compensate victims of attacks by the Irish Republican Army (IRA.)The Presidential Council said it refuses the intention of the…

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to authorize the European Union's maritime force to enforce an arms embargo on the high seas off the coast of Libya for another year.The British-drafted resolution adopted Monday…

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Al-Jahnawi confirmed Monday that Tunisia will resume flights to Libya "very soon."Jahnawi made his remarks during a meeting with the Libyan UN-backed Prime Minister, Fayez Serraj, in the Libyan…

Amnesty International urged the leader of what it described as the Libyan National Army (LNA), Khalifa Haftar, and all parties involved in the fighting to urgently open humanitarian corridors to give impartial assistance and save the…

The head of investigation bureau at the Libyan Attorney General Office in Tripoli  Al-Sediq Al-Sour said a decree was passed by the Minister of Justice to pardon (or release) several figures from the Moamar Gaddafi regime from prison…

The spokesman for the Omar al-Mukhtar Operations Room of the self-proclaimed army of Khalifa Haftar, Abdelkarim Sabra, said they are about to k=liberate Derna in east Libya from what he described as terrorism, adding that their forces…

A well-informed source at the High Council of State (HCS) told Libyan News on Sunday that the news on media outlets and social media about the attempts of the Government of National Accord (GNA) to reshuffle the government and announce…

The former governor of the parallel Central Bank of Libya in al-Bayda, eastern Libya, Ali Al-Hibri, said the economic reforms announced by the CBL governor in Tripoli Al-Siddiq Al-Kabeer and the Presidential Council in Tunisia are…

Libya's coast guard has intercepted more than 150 migrants, including women and children, in the Mediterranean Sea.The coastguards said  two boats were stopped Saturday off the coast of the western Zuwara district and the capital,…

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) agreed in a meeting Saturday to charge fees on foreign currency transactions in the country in an attempt to narrow the gap between the official rates of foreign currency and those on black market. …