Tag: Libya
Duterte says may deploy warship to save Filipino captives in Libya
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday he might send the navy's most modern frigate to waters off Libya in a bid to...
Migrants’ return to Libya by Italian boat could breach international law,...
ROME: A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued more than 100 migrants and returned them to Libya earlier this week may have...
France’s FM visits Libya to boost reconciliation deal
CAIRO: France's foreign minister is visiting Libya to encourage holding elections in the north African country as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by...
Libyan coastguard picks up almost 1,000 migrants in one day
TRIPOLI: Libyan coastguards picked up 948 African migrants on inflatable boats in several operations and also recovered 10 bodies on Sunday, officials and a...
Libyan airstrikes target group attacking oil ports
CAIRO: Libyan forces carried out airstrikes against a militia attacking key oil ports in the east, a spokesman said as Libya's national oil firm...
Libyan rivals set for crunch Paris talks to break political deadlock
PARIS: Libyan rivals will meet on Tuesday in Paris to agree on a political roadmap that aims to resolve disputed issues to pave the...
Over 100 migrants escape from Libya trafficking camp
BANI WALID: More than 100 east African migrants escaped from a camp in the Libyan town of Bani Walid where they were being held...
At least seven killed by car bomb in Benghazi, Libya
BENGHAZI: At least seven people were killed and 10 wounded when a car bomb exploded on a busy street in the center of the...
UN weighs first-ever sanctions on Libya migrant smugglers
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is considering imposing the first-ever sanctions on migrant smugglers in Libya, targeting six leaders of trafficking rings, but...
Benghazi’s displaced: a litmus test for Libya
TRIPOLI: With two brothers in jail, the family house gone and her papers lost in the battle for Benghazi, Fatma is finding it hard...
Libyan commander declares ‘zero hour’ for campaign to take city
BENGHAZI: Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar announced the start of military operations to “liberate” Derna on Monday after his forces clashed with rivals on the...
Migrants trapped in Libyan detention center in ‘critical’ state, says MSF
TUNIS: About 800 migrants in a government-run center in western Libya are being detained in worsening conditions without sufficient food or water, Doctors without...
Suicide attack targets Libyan electoral commission in Tripoli: spokesman
TRIPOLI: A group of militants including at least two suicide bombers stormed the head offices of Libya’s electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing...
AU urges int’l support for political resolution in Libya
ADDIS ABABA: Having expressed deep concern over the security situation in Libya, the African Union (AU) high-level committee on Libya has condemned the additional...
Libyan prisons controlled by armed group, torture widespread: UN
GENEVA: Armed groups in Libya are killing and torturing detainees in prisons, some nominally under government control, where thousands of civilians are being unlawfully...
Prisoner or free man? Mystery surrounds Gaddafi’s son Seif
TRIPOLI: Nearly a year after a Libyan militia announced it had set free the son and heir apparent of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the fate...
AU-EU-UN taskforce endeavoring to support stranded African migrants in Libya
The tripartite taskforce of the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN) is endeavoring to support stranded African migrants...
