Libya News News Libya » People: Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
CAIRO--Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2 ...
News Libya » People: UN hails Libya election deal as Security Council urges Libyans to seize the moment
The UN Security Council has welcomed a breakthrough agreement between Libya's rival political blocs, calling it "an important step" towards the country's first national elections in over a decade – ...
News Libya » People: Eastern Libya executes 10 convicted on terrorism charges, sparking rights outcry
Authorities in eastern Libya have executed 10 people after military courts convicted them on terrorism-related charges.
News Libya » People: Libya political parties set 2-year elections roadmap at UN-led talks
Representatives of Libya's rival political factions signed an agreement Sunday to hold long-delayed national elections within two years, aiming ...
News Libya » People: Can US, Middle Eastern powers unite Libya 15 years after Gaddafi overthrow?
The US government is intensifying efforts to unify the country’s two rival governments.
News Libya » People: Libya arrests five people in connection with drone strikes on refinery
Authorities in western Libya have arrested five people including foreigners who were involved in a recent string of drone attacks on a major energy complex, the Tripoli-based government said on Sunday ...
News Libya » People: UNHCR helps boat people in Libya as search for survivors continues
TRIPOLI, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, April 1 (UNHCR) - UN refugee agency staff in Tripoli were on Wednesday helping hundreds of boat people rescued off the coast of Libya earlier this week as news reports ...
News Libya » People: Libyan people smuggler Abdel-Rahman Milad who worked for EU-backed navy is assassinated in Tripoli
One of Libya’s most notorious people smugglers, who was also a senior officer in the country’s EU-funded coast guard, has been assassinated in a “mafia-style” ambush. Abdel-Rahman Milad, who was the ...
News Libya » People: More than 60 people drowned when a migrant vessel capsized off Libya, U.N. says
CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said. The ...
News Libya » People: UNHCR urges evacuation of people trying to leave Libya
GENEVA, February 28 (UNHCR) - As UNHCR emergency teams worked with the Tunisian and Egyptian authorities on Monday to help more than 110,000 people who have fled Libya, High Commissioner for Refugees ...