Thousands of vehicles converged on the centre of Tripoli Friday, creating huge traffic jams, as motorists honked their car horns in celebration.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Friday on "all parties to continue to preserve stability in Libya as a top priority," after the country found itself with two competing prime ministers, raising the specter of renewed violence. He reminded "all institutions of the primary goal of holding national elections as soon...

Libya faced the challenge of two prime ministers on Thursday after parliament named a rival to the existing unity government's chief Abdulhamid Dbeibah, hours after his convoy was targeted in a shooting. The appointment of a second prime minister threatens to spark a new power struggle in the country.

Libya's parliament on Monday began hearings of hopefuls to replace interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, a process that could spark new east-west power struggles in the troubled North African nation.

The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a British-drafted resolution extending its political mission in Libya for just three months, after several days of a standoff between the United States and Russia.

Libya's parliament announced Monday it would meet next week to pick a replacement for interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah. The announcement, a month after planned elections were abandoned amid bitter arguments over their legal basis, lays bare once again the extent of divisions between eastern and western factions in the...

A presidential election was due to take place on December 24, followed by legislative polls, but the UN-sponsored electoral process was postponed indefinitely due to political tensions. Those tensions pit a long-standing ally of military strongman Khalifa Haftar against a Tripoli-based interim government formed last year.

The Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA) has stressed on the significance of the Palestinian cause and flayed the attempts of some agencies to block the information related to the issue. FANA approved a memo on dealing with global platforms on the conclusion of its 48th General Assembly on Wednesday,...

Jordan and Saudi foreign ministers Monday held talks in Amman on increasing cooperation between Jordan and Saudi Arabia and coordination on regional crises. The meeting underscored the Jordan-Saudi "strategic" ties and emphasised the importance of the institutionalisation of bilateral cooperation on investment, development and environment.

The election, set for December 24, was meant to be the culmination of UN-led efforts to drag Libya out of a decade of conflict.

Prosecutors had already questioned Culture Minister Mabrouka Touki before the order was issued to detain her on charges of ‘falsifying official documents in order to complicate the processes of review and oversight of public spending.’ Her detention comes after Education Minister Moussa al-Megarief was arrested in an inquiry into a...

The vote, set for Friday, was meant to be the culmination of United Nations-led efforts to drag Libya out of a decade of conflict since a 2011 revolt. But it was derailed by bitter arguments over divisive candidates and a disputed legal framework.

Tunisian coastguards have rescued 48 illegal migrants trying to reach Europe from neighboring Libya in a makeshift boat.

The poll was meant to take place just over a year after a landmark east-west ceasefire. The delay will be a disappointment to some 2.5 million Libyans who had collected their voter cards, out of a population of 7 million.

The authorities overseeing Libya's first presidential election said earlier this week holding it on Friday as scheduled would be "impossible". The vote was intended to mark a fresh start for North African country, a year after a landmark ceasefire and more than a decade after its 2011 revolt.

The election, intended to go hand-in-hand with parliamentary polls, was part of a United Nations-led peace process.

Libya is to hold its first-ever presidential elections late next week, but the lack of a final list of candidates and bitter political divisions have cast doubt on whether they will take place. Polling was intended to mark a transition towards peace, but many now fear it could instead reignite...

Libya’s election commission delayed publication of a final list of candidates for a presidential election scheduled in less than two weeks.

The conference was held under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Obari with Arab and international participation.

Libya collapsed into years of violence after the 2011 fall and killing of dictator Moamer Gadhafi in a NATO-backed revolt. The central bank has been divided into two since then. However, a ceasefire in mid-2020 allowed for reunification efforts to begin.

Travel links with and within Libya were severely disrupted by the 2011 revolt that overthrew dictator Moamer Gadhafi.

Libya is less than a month from elections seen as crucial to ending its long-running civil war, but deep political divisions could provoke a delay or even fresh violence.

Based on the 2020 transfers, arms stockpiles remain high and sufficient to sustain any future conflict," the experts said.

The election commission said presidential candidates should have a clean criminal record, with the country’s election law saying that hopefuls ‘must not have been sentenced for a dishonorable crime.’ He is among the 25 whose candidacy was rejected on legal grounds as well as based on information from officials.

Among the most notable hopefuls are Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, the son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi, and Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army in control of the country's east and parts of the south.

Dbeibah is a Canadian-educated business tycoon who has used his post to build a solid popular base. He was elected in February under an UN-led peace process and tasked with leading the country up until its first-ever direct presidential poll.

Libya’s second city Benghazi has mushroomed to twice its size, creating an unplanned and chaotic urban sprawl.

Doctors Without Borders said its Geo Barents rescue ship had picked up 99 survivors on Tuesday. The victims had died of suffocation after 13 hours adrift at sea.

Haftar's announcement comes two days after the candidacy of Seif al-Islam Kadhafi -- the son of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi -- who has been accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Libya's first-ever direct presidential poll, with a first round on December 24, is the climax of a process launched last year by the United Nations to draw a line under years of violence since the revolt that toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.

Turkey on Saturday rebuffed French President Emmanuel Macron's call on foreign powers to remove their forces from Libya as part of efforts turn on a page on a decade of strife. Macron told an international conference on Libya in Paris that "Russia and Turkey must withdraw their mercenaries without delay."

Libya has seen several political and security crises since Muammar Gadaffi was overthrown a decade ago.

The hydrocarbon-rich North African country has been mired in civil war since the overthrow of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in a 2011 uprising, with the bloodshed drawing in competing Libya factions and Islamist groups, as well as regional powers.

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Libya's prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh had a one-on-one closed-door meeting at the Vahdettin Mansion in Istanbul that lasted for an hour-and-a-half.

Libya had been mostly off-limits to tourists throughout the four-decade rule of Moamer Kadhafi

Eight oil storage tanks and five other tanks for oil and chemical products were damaged and were leaking, while the transformer of the power supply system was also knocked out.

Ashaafean is the first Libyan site to be categorised as a UNESCO biosphere reserve.

Governments must stop returning migrants to "non-secure countries" like Libya, the 84-year-old pontiff said, while prioritizing saving lives in the Mediterranean.

Libya and the UN have been striving to turn the page on the violence that has wracked the country since a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi. A ceasefire between eastern and western factions last year led to a unity government taking office in March with a...

A year-long ceasefire and a UN-led peace process have barely papered over deep divisions, and upcoming elections are unlikely to resolve the crisis.

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The grant, approved by the eastern-based parliament, came after its rival, the unity government in the country's west, approved handouts to young couples.

A Libyan Airlines flight with about 255 passengers on board flew into Cairo International Airport, marking the first time in seven years that the airline touched down in the neighboring country.

The law comes less than a month after speaker Aguila Saleh signed off a law for presidential elections to be held the same day.

Announced in the early 1980s, the project for a refinery in southern Libya had been put on hold for years before being revived in 2017. Libya, which has the most abundant oil reserves in Africa, has been trying to emerge from a decade of chaos since the fall of Moamer...

The 15-member Council had been on track to extend the mission in mid-September for a year

Founded by the Phoenicians then conquered by Rome, the city was the birthplace of Septimius Severus, who rose to become emperor from 193 until 211.

Eighty-nine of the 113 MPs present in the eastern city of Tobruk voted to withdraw confidence from the Tripoli-based administration of interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.

The ratification earlier this month of an electoral law that was clearly tailor-made for Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman who controls eastern Libya, raised tensions three months before the crucial ballot.

In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi, repeated outbreaks of fighting have caused heavy damage to the power distribution network