The US Embassy in Libya warned Saturday of an “imminent” attack in the capital Tripoli. In a statement on its website, the embassy said the attack would target a...

Children under age 15 are almost three times more likely to die from diseases due to lack of clean water and sanitation than from violence in countries in conflict,...

The United Nations will hold a conference inside Libya in April to discuss elections as a way out of the country’s eight-year-long conflict, a UN envoy said on Wednesday,...

The French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian lauded the “great progress” made in southern Libya by Libya’s National Army Chief Marshal Khalifa Haftar, pointing out at the same time...

The US on Tuesday pledged $500,000 in security assistance to Libya’s UN-backed National Accord Government, Anadolu reports. US Ambassador to Tripoli Peter Bodde and AFRICOM Commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser...

Libya’s UN-backed administration agreed with the central bank and other players on a 2019 budget worth 46.8 billion dinars ($33.83 billion), it said on Monday after months of arguments,...

A senior Work Bank official said that wars that broke out between 2010 and 2018 in many Arab countries have caused at least $900 billion in lost economic opportunities....

A new WikiLeaks document has raised suspicion over the appointment of Saudi Arabia – one of the world’s worst human rights offenders – to oversee the UN Human Rights...

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, to attend the 45th G7 Summit due on 25-27 August in France’s south-western city of Biarritz, the...

Forces from eastern Libya who have swept through the south and taken control of remaining oilfields in recent weeks have now reinforced a base in the centre of the...

The airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli reopened on Saturday after a brief closure due to an unidentified drone flying in the area, officials said according to a Reuters...

At least 50 migrants were reportedly injured after they staged a protest that was suppressed inside a detention centre in the capital Tripoli, the United Nations said on Friday,...

Between January and February this year Libyan Armed Forces (LNA) led by Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar have captured almost the entire southern region, known as Fezzan, including all its...

Libya should hold parliamentary and presidential elections by year-end, the internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The United Nations had planned for the North African...

The Egyptian army on Tuesday conducted a major military exercise near the Libyan border, Anadolu reports. The exercise was attended by Army Chief-of-Staff Mohamed Farid, according to an army...

Libyan state oil company NOC said on Monday it had lifted force majeure at the El Sharara oilfield, the country’s biggest, which has been closed since December when state...

Representatives of the General Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and Head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Fayez Al-Sarraj have held...

Tunisia’s 2011 revolution is still achieving its goals today as the hopes and ambitions of the people are being realised, the leader of the Ennahda movement, Rached Ghannouchi, said....

Libya’s internationally recognised prime minister, Serraj al-Fayez, and the military commander of its eastern half, Khalifa Haftar, have met and agreed that national elections are necessary, the United Nations...

February 17 this year marks 30 years since the Arab Maghreb Union, better known by its French acronym UMA, was founded as an economic and political union bringing together...

Hamas yesterday condemned Libya’s conviction of four Palestinians from Gaza over claims they have links to Hamas, a statement said. In the statement, Hamas described the ruling against Marwan...

The head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, has arrived in the UAE at the invitation of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed, to discuss current developments in Libya and...

Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and Prime Minister of the Libyan Government of National Accord, Fayez Al-Sarraj, said yesterday that a national conference that includes all Libyan...

Arab and European states sought common ground on security threats and regional crises including Yemen, Syria and Libya on Sunday at their first joint summit held in Egypt’s Red...

Eyewitnesses in the south of Merzek region confirmed that shooters affiliated to the forces of retired Major General Khalifa Haftar, who took control of the area last Friday, have...

A court in Tripoli on Wednesday sentenced four Palestinians to prison terms ranging from 17 to 22 years over their alleged links to Hamas. The four defendants were accused...

Libya’s revolution started on 17 February 2011 in the eastern city of Benghazi and went on to end the rule of the late Muammar Gaddafi. On this, the eighth...

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy accepted nearly $8 million from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential election campaign, Libya’s ex-spy chief Mohamed Abdulla Senussi confirmed to...

Libyan state oil firm NOC will reopen the El Sharara oilfield, the country’s biggest, only after an inspection to establish security, a spokesman said on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The comments...

A video allegedly showing Egyptian soldiers fighting in Libya’s Derna has surfaced on social media, the Libyan Observer has reported. The video shows what appears to be Egyptian soldiers...

The Tunisian consul in Libya said on Sunday that the 14 Tunisian workers who had been held hostage by militants in the country had been freed, according to Extra...

US Deputy State Department spokesman Robert Palladino has expressed his country’s concern about the escalation of tension in southern Libya. This came in a statement issued yesterday by Palladino...