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141 PEOPLE KILLED IN BRAK AL-SHAT AIRBASE ATTACK
His comments prompted alarm in Tripoli, with the GNA calling for an immediate ceasefire in the south... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES, DEFENCE MINISTER SUSPENDED
The LNA has been fighting a three-year campaign against Islamist militants and other opponents in Benghazi and other parts of eastern Libya... READ MORE›
ATTACK ON LIBYAN AIRBASE BY TROOPS LOYAL TO UN-BACKED FACTION KILLS 141
An attack on an airbase in southern Libya has killed 141 people, mostly soldiers loyal to military strongman Khalifa Haftar, according to a spokesman for his forces... READ MORE›
OVER 140 KILLED IN LIBYA AFTER MILITIA ALLIED WITH UN-BACKED GOVT RAVAGES RIVAL MILITARY BASE
Over 140 killed in Libya after militia allied with UN-backed govt ravages rival military base -- RT News... READ MORE›
LIBYA DEATH TOLL 'RISES TO 140' AT BRAK EL-SHATI AIRBASE
The Tripoli government has set up an investigative committee to present its findings to the prime minister within 15 days... READ MORE›
UN ENVOY CRITICISES DEADLY ATTACK IN LIBYA'S SOUTH
The unity government's defence ministry laid the blame on those who started bombing Tamenhant base with warplanes and tanks, referring to Haftar's forces... READ MORE›
AFRICA ON BRUSSELS AGENDA AMID RISING MIGRATION FROM LIBYA TO EUROPE
The Chairman of the African Union Commission is among those present... READ MORE›
ITALY RESCUES 484 MIGRANTS, FINDS SEVEN DEAD AS CALLS MOUNT TO SECURE SOUTH LIBYA
Libya primarily needs administrative and logistical help, he added, saying Turkey had donated 20 tons of medicine but that now needed to be taken to southern Libya and distributed... READ MORE›
AID WORKERS 'LUCKY TO BE ALIVE' AFTER LIBYAN COASTGUARD INTERCEPTS REFUGEE BOAT RESCUE IN MEDITERRANEAN
The Libyan coastguard, which has received offshore training from European nations including the UK, has previously been accused of shooting, beating and abusing migrants... READ MORE›
LIBYAN OIL OUTPUT TOPS 800,000 BPD AS WINTERSHALL DISPUTE HOLDING BACK
Libya's oil production is running at above 800,000 barrels per day pbd for the first time since 2014, the National Oil Corporation NOC said on Wednesday... READ MORE›
LIBYA FOREIGN MINISTER NAMES KHALIFA HAFTAR ARMY CHIEF
Libya's foreign minister has named renegade General Khalifa Haftar, the controversial chief of the self-styled Libyan National Army LNA, as the head of the country's army... READ MORE›
LIBYA SEIZES OIL TANKERS AFTER SHOOTOUT AT SEA
Ukrainian and Congolese-flagged vessels caught loading Libyan oil detained after a fierce, hours-long gun battle... READ MORE›
ITALY FEARS ISIS FIGHTERS SLIP INTO EUROPE POSING AS INJURED LIBYANS
Italian intelligence document reveals how group has infiltrated Europe using scheme meant to treat wounded Libyan soldiers... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | OVER 1,000 MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES HAVE DIED CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN SO FAR THIS YEAR
According to the International Organization for Migration, 1,089 migrants are believed to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea since Jan. 1... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP REMARKS RAISE FEARS OF US DISENGAGEMENT IN LIBYA
Trump's remarks were welcomed by an official who represents Aguila Saleh Issa, the head of the Libyan house of representatives in Tobruk, in eastern Libya... READ MORE›
97 MISSING AFTER ASYLUM SEEKER BOAT SINKS OFF LIBYA
Libya has become a key departure point for people risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe... READ MORE›
NGO FEARS DEATH OF AT LEAST 240 MIGRANTS IN MEDITERRANEAN
A Spanish aid organization fears that at least 240 migrants could have died after two boats capsized in the Mediterranean... READ MORE›
KHALIFA HAFTAR FORCES ACCUSED OF BENGHAZI ATROCITIES
The LNA's critics say it is a loose collection of armed groups with fickle loyalties and little discipline, similar to the militias operating in western Libya... READ MORE›
LIBYA RESCUES 420 MIGRANTS OFF TWO DINGHIES, SAYS TRAFFICKERS TOOK THEIR ENGINES
On Sunday, the coast guard rescued 215 migrants including 47 women off Zwara, 160 km west of Tripoli, Qassem said... READ MORE›
EAST LIBYAN FORCES CLAIM VICTORY IN SOUTHWEST BENGHAZI
On Saturday, representatives of the United Nations, European Union, Arab League and African Union said in the Egyptian capital of Cairo that they supported Tripoli-based government... READ MORE›
US ACCUSES MOSCOW OF AIDING WARLORD IN BATTLE FOR LIBYA OIL PORTS
The fighting between Haftar's forces and militias from western Libya is focused on Sidra, Libya's biggest oil port, and nearby Ras Lanuf, its key refinery... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM SAYS IT HAD ARMED MEN IN EAST LIBYA
Haftar is opposed to a U.N.-backed government which Western states see as the best chance of restoring stability in Libya... READ MORE›
SICILY TAKES IN 1,300 RESCUED MIGRANTS AS ARRIVALS SURGE 57% AMID GROWING VIOLENCE IN LIBYA
Boat migrant arrivals in Italy are up more than 57 percent on the same period last year, according to Italian Interior Ministry figures... READ MORE›
LIBYAN FACTIONS BATTLE FOR KEY OIL PORTS
This is what all of Libya's armed groups are fighting for... READ MORE›
WHY LIBYA'S CRY FOR JUSTICE MUST BE HEARD
This brings us back to the talks recently held in Moscow between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Mr. al-Sarraj... READ MORE›
DOZENS OF PEOPLE FEARED DEAD IN SHIPWRECK OFF LIBYA
Last month, the bodies of 74 people were found washed up on a beach in Zawiya, western Libya, after the engine of their vessel was stolen... READ MORE›
EU SHOULD PAY MORE TO RETURN AFRICAN MIGRANTS HOME FROM LIBYA, MALTA SAYS
Italy, as well as Malta, bears much of the immediate burden of dealing with African migrants who leave the lawless Libya on unfit boats... READ MORE›
FOOTAGE EXPOSES HORRORS FACED BY MIGRANTS WAITING TO CROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN
Harrowing footage exposes 'inhuman' treatment of refugees trapped in Libya... READ MORE›
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HIJACKERS THREATEN TO BLOW UP LIBYAN PLANE DIVERTED TO MALTA
State TV Hijackers threaten to blow up Libyan plane diverted to Malta... READ MORE›
74 DEAD REFUGEES WASH ASHORE IN ZAWIYA
Libya's Red Crescent has said that 74 bodies of refugees have washed ashore in the western city of Zawiya on the Mediterranean Sea... READ MORE›
5 YEARS SINCE GADDAFI'S KILLING, LIBYA STILL SOAKED IN BLOOD, BUT NO SIGN OF LIBERTY TREE GROWING
5 years since Gaddafi's killing, Libya still soaked in blood, but no sign of liberty tree growing... READ MORE›
MONKEY ATTACK SETS OFF DEADLY TRIBAL CLASHES IN LIBYA
Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT
Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA ORDERS RAID TO KILL 80 ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISTS IN LIBYA WHO WERE 'PLOTTING ATTACKS IN EUROPE'
That's particularly true in view of the fact that we know some of the Isil operatives in Libya were involved with plotting attacks... READ MORE›
DUTCH JOURNALIST JEROEN OERLEMANS DIES IN SIRTE
Fighting on Sunday killed at least 10 ISIL fighters and eight pro-government fighters around Sirte, the Tripoli-based GNA said... READ MORE›
ALMOST 100 MISSING FROM WRECKED MIGRANT BOAT OFF LIBYA
Ayoub Gassim, a Navy spokesman in Tripoli, said a survivor reported that 126 people set off Wednesday from Garabulli in northwest Libya, The Guardian reported... READ MORE›
EMBATTLED MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB DROPS SPEECH TO GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION GATHERING
Mahathir Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister Photo Rex Mr Najib has accused Mr Mahathir of leading a conspiracy to oust him... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON ADMITS HE DID HAVE A STAKE IN FATHER'S OFFSHORE INVESTMENT FUND AFTER PANAMA PAPERS LEAK
David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, but sold it for around ?30,000 before he became Prime Minister... READ MORE›
LIBYA MALTA HIJACK: HIJACKERS ARRESTED
The hijackers of a Libyan jet with 118 people aboard are arrested at Malta International Airport... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S NICOLAS SARKOZY FACES GADDAFI PAYMENT CLAIMS
France-Lebanese businessman tells French news site he delivered cash from late Libyan leader in 2006 and 2007... READ MORE›
'YOU DON'T KNOW FAMILIES ON THE BREADLINE'
David Cameron has rejected Phillip Schofield's suggestion he is out of touch and does not know any poor working families... READ MORE›
LIBYA HALTS HUNDREDS OF EUROPE-BOUND REFUGEES
Hundreds of refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe have been intercepted in recent days by Libyan authorities, according to a coastguard spokesman... READ MORE›
HIJACKED LIBYAN PLANE DIVERTED TO MALTA WITH 118 ABOARD, PROMPTING AIRPORT STANDOFF
The Maltese prime minister, Joseph Muscat, tweeted Informed of potential hijack situation of a Libya internal flight diverted to Malta... READ MORE›
LIBYAN FORCES CLAIM CONTROL OF ISIL STRONGHOLD OF SIRTE
Hundreds of loyalist troops and unknown number of ISIL fighters killed as pro-government forces seize coastal city... READ MORE›
A LIBYAN ARMS DEALER CHASED BY GADDAFI'S LEGACY
Anwar Sawan, 45, provides arms and supplies to militias in Misurata, Libya, that are combating the Islamic State's Libyan affiliate in the coastal city of Sirte... READ MORE›
KIDS COMPANY'S CAMILA BATMANGHELIDJH ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY GOVERNMENT
The Cabinet Office is withholding A?3m unless Kids Company moves on its chief executive, Camila Batmanghelidjh... READ MORE›
EU LOOKS TO FUND CAMPS IN AFRICA TO CUT IMMIGRATION
Thomas de Maiziere, German interior minister, said on Thursday that the idea was to send the people to a safe place without bringing them into Europe... READ MORE›
SIR ALAN DUNCAN MP SAYS CRITICS OF DAVID CAMERON ARE LOW-ACHIEVERS WHO HATE WEALTHY PEOPLE
Panama papers Sir Alan Duncan MP says critics of David Cameron are low-achievers who hate wealthy people... READ MORE›
KHALIFA HAFTAR FORCES SEIZES OIL PORT BREGA IN LIBYA
The GNA called on loyalist forces to protect and defend the ports against what it called a flagrant aggression of Libya's sovereignty... READ MORE›
LIBYAN TROOPS CLEARING SIRTE OF REMAINING ISIL FIGHTERS
Even in Tripoli, the unity government's rule is far from secure, with a third rival administration backed by hardline armed groups recently attempting a comeback... READ MORE›
LIBYAN FORCES CLEAR LAST ISLAMIC STATE HOLDOUT IN SIRTE
Libyan and Western officials say some Islamic State fighters escaped from Sirte before the battle or in its early stages... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS
The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›
GAMBIA GOALKEEPER WHO DIED IN MEDITERRANEAN WANTED TO PLAY IN EUROPE
Bakery Jatta, a Gambian teenager who reached Germany via the Sahara and the Mediterranean in 2014, was recently signed by the German football club Hamburg... READ MORE›
FORCES LOYAL TO KHALIFA HAFTAR ATTACK PORTS IN LIBYA
Rebel commander's forces assault Zueitina, Ras Lanuf, and Es Sider oil ports in Libya's oil crescent, witnesses say... READ MORE›
6 CHANGES FOUND IN THE FINE PRINT
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced his cabinet Wednesday, the new faces weren't the only changes afoot... READ MORE›
HIJACKED LIBYAN PLANE LANDS IN MALTA
The two hijackers of a Libyan flight were found to be in possession of a hand-grenade and a pistol, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said Friday... READ MORE›
CAMERON'S TAX CRITICS ARE 'LOW ACHIEVERS'
What matters most is the winning the election and David Cameron becoming the prime minister... READ MORE›
LIBYA: RIVAL GROUP SEIZES UN-BACKED GOVERNMENT OFFICES
Libya's UN-backed government suffers new setback as rival seizes key offices in Tripoli in a bid to regain power... READ MORE›