Libya

The United Nations mission in Libya, on Friday, condemned an attack on a court in the south-western city of Sebha, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Alarmed by" the reported attack...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, was ineligible to run the upcoming election in December, compounding the turmoil surrounding the vote, Libya's election commission...

The Tunisian navy rescued 487 migrants today from an overloaded boat that ran into difficulty in rough seas in the Mediterranean as they tried to reach Europe, Reuters reports. The vessel...

Unilateral actions should be avoided in Libya to ensure the24 December elections there take place in a lawful and peaceful atmosphere, said Turkey's National Security Council on Thursday, and...

It has been announced that 98 individuals, including two women, submitted their applications to contest Libya's 24 December presidential election. The list included a militia-linked suspect, Libya's top comedian,...

The United States called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to "impose sanctions" on any "Libyan or non-Libyan person" who undermines the elections scheduled for 24 December, Anadolu...

Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya's former strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, has been excluded from running for president in the upcoming Libyan elections, an informed Libyan source said on...

The Chairman of Libya's High National Elections Commission, Imad Al-Sayeh, announced on Tuesday that a total of 98 candidates, including two women, have applied to stand in the country's...

United Nations special envoy for Libya, Jan Kubis, has quit his post, a UN spokesman said yesterday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres accepted Kubis's resignation "with regret," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. "The secretary-general...

What does it mean to be Libyan? How to reconstruct a sense of belonging for the country and its people, starting from the deepest roots of Libyan culture, while...

Disclose TV has obtained hundreds of official documents revealing a secret French-Egyptian military intelligence operation used to target and kill civilians accused of smuggling across the Libyan border. The...

Turkish nationals who had been held captive by a Libyan warlord for nearly two years, were re-united with their families on Monday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Nurettin Calik, one...

There is no doubt that the appearance of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, wearing his father's cloak while presenting his candidacy papers for the presidency, provoked the wrath and anger of...

Libya's military prosecutor has called for halting the candidacy of warlord, Khalifa Haftar and Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of former strongman, Muammar Gaddafi, for the country's presidential elections,...

Turkish and Qatari intelligence services have cooperated to ensure the safe return of seven Turkish citizens who were detained in eastern Libya for nearly two years by forces loyal...

Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh's plans to run in the country's presidential elections slated in December proves that he is aware of a "foreign conspiracy" against Field Marshal Khalifa...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Wednesday accused Belgium of seeking to seize €14 billion euros ($15 billion) in Libyan assets frozen by the United Nations since 2011, AFP reported...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Khalifa Haftar are running for the presidential elections scheduled for 24 December, and the controversy that followed added nothing else to the very complex scene...

Libya's former Interior Minister, Fathi Bashagha, on Thursday registered for the presidential election scheduled for next month, Anadolu News Agency reports. "I announce running for presidential polls and have...

International leaders and diplomats met in Paris on Friday, discussed the situation in Libya, and decided that the oil-rich North African country should stick to the UN plan to...

Paris has just hosted yet another international conference on Libya that ended with a very long communiqué expressing support for the country's planned 24 December elections and threatening with...

France has no right to comment on Turkey's military presence in Libya, which is part of Ankara's deal with the legitimate Libyan government, the Turkish Foreign Minister said on...

A total of 721 candidates have so far registered to run in Libya's 24 December parliamentary elections, the country's electoral commission said on Tuesday. This list came in a...

Libya's Prime Minister said Monday that he will announce his position on running for the presidential elections at the "appropriate moment." Speaking to students at the new National Youth...

Libya's elections commission, on Monday, denied reports about rejecting the candidacy application of Saif Al-Islam Al-Gaddafi, the son of former Libyan ruler, Muammar Gaddafi. Commission spokesman, Khaled el-Mennai, told...

The Libyan military prosecutor yesterday called on the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) to suspend the electoral registration of the son of late President Muammar Gaddafi, Saif Al-Islam, and...

The Arab people are living in their worst and darkest of times, experiencing an unprecedented level of humiliation and disgrace. The people have never approached their enemies asking for...

In 2015, a Libyan court convicted Gaddafi “in absentia” for war crimes committed in 2011.

Building ties between Libya and Israel will be discussed later, Sama news agency reported Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh saying yesterday on the sidelines of the Paris conference on Libya. According to...

Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra has declared that the normalisation of ties with the Israeli occupation state is an "irresponsible" decision, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday. In an interview...

A revolution may be defined as "a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system." With this in mind, it becomes clear that...

Libya's much-hailed first female Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, has been suspended by the country's Presidential Council. The decision on 6 November concluded that the minister had been "acting unilaterally...