Clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes Tuesday, unable to escape the violence, medical authorities said. The fighting appears to be the most intense to shake Tripoli this year. In
Clashes between rival militias in the Libyan capital have left residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the violence, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday, in what appears to be the most intense fighting to rock Tripoli this year. Fighting broke
Hannibal Qaddafi, the son of former dictator Muammar Qaddafi, has been held in Lebanon without charge since 2015. Libyan authorities formally requested Hannibal Qaddafi be released due to his deteriorating health on Aug. 14, 2023. Hannibal Qaddafi lived in Syria, where he
Security authorities in eastern Libya freed at least 385 Pakistani migrants who were held in trafficking warehouses in an overnight raid, a migrant rights group said Monday. Al-Abreen, a group which helps migrants in Libya, said the Pakistani nationals were released early
A court in eastern Libya sentenced five people to life in prison after they were convicted of human trafficking over the deaths of 11 migrants who were on a rickety boat trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the office of Libya’s
U.N. special envoy for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily announced Monday plans to intensify negotiations with the country’s rival political factions. Bathily aims to address issues and conflicts that have delayed long-postponed elections in the country. Bathily has called current action taken “an important
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday renewing the European Union’s permission to inspect vessels off Libya’s coast suspected of violating the an arms embargo on the troubled North African nation. The vote on the resolution sponsored by France and Malta
A global rights group on Monday urged authorities in eastern Libya to release a singer and a blogger arrested for allegedly violating a widely-criticized cybercrime law. According to a statement from Human Rights Watch, both women — popular folk singer Ahlam al-Yamani
Some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in war-torn Libya have gone missing, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday, raising safety and proliferation concerns. Natural uranium can’t immediately be used for energy production or bomb fuel, as the
An activist network that supports rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea is accusing Italy of failing to offer timely assistance to a smugglers’ boat in distress, resulting in a deadly shipwreck that left at least 30 migrants missing and presumed dead in