TUNIS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Libyan oil output is 729,000 barrels per day, the National Oil Corp (NOC) media office said on Thursday, down from a high of more than…
Egyptian authorities have imposed a ban on Libyans holding green passports from entering Egypt as of the beginning of this year 2022. Mohamed Mustafa Al-Madrawi, chairman of the Tobruk Passenger…
Jan 3 (Reuters) - Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach is preparing to resume suspended oil projects in Libya, the state news agency APS reported on Monday. The company is currently…
Libya's eastern-based parliament met on Monday to discuss what to do about a presidential election that was postponed last week putting the fate of the interim government and a wider…
The bodies of 27 Europe-bound migrants, including a baby and two women, have washed ashore in western Libya, the country’s Red Crescent said. The bodies were found late Saturday in…
BENGHAZI, Libya, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Western powers said on Friday they would continue to recognise Libya's interim government after its presidential election was delayed, but called for a new…
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Libya's parliament said Friday's planned presidential election would not go ahead, leaving the internationally-backed peace process in chaos and the fate of the interim government in…
TUNIS, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Abu Bakr Marada, a member of Libya's electoral commission, told Al-Jazeera television on Thursday it had become impossible to hold elections on Dec. 24. Eight…
Libya's election commission said it would not publish a list of presidential candidates until after it settles some legal issues, leaving almost no time to hold the vote as planned…
A Libyan political body called for a Dec. 24 presidential election to be delayed to February amid growing jostling over the rules and legal basis of a vote aimed at…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed U.S. diplomat Stephanie Williams to lead mediation efforts in Libya after his special envoy quit just weeks ahead of planned elections in the war-torn country. U.N. special…
A Libyan court ruled on Thursday that the son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi could run for president, his lawyer said, as arguments intensified over the conduct of an…
Libya's National Oil Corporation's (NOC) total oil revenues reached around $1.9 billion in October, up from $1.6 billion in September, the company said in a statement. Gas and condensate revenues…
Royal Dutch Shell is considering a return to Libya with a plan to develop new oil and gas fields and infrastructure, as well as a solar project, two sources said,…
A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's late dictator, said armed men had prevented him lodging an appeal on Thursday against his client's disqualification from next month's presidential…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's election commission said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former ruler and a major candidate in December's planned presidential election, was ineligible…
The United Nations Libya mediator Jan Kubis is stepping down, a U.N. spokesman said, less than a year after he took up the role and a month before planned elections…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) -Libya’s interim prime minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah registered as a candidate for the presidency despite having vowed not to do so as a condition of taking his current post…
CAIRO Nov 20 (Reuters) - The speaker of the eastern-based Libyan parliament, Aguila Saleh, submitted papers on Saturday to stand in presidential elections. The elections, scheduled for Dec. 24, remain…
Libya's former Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha registered as a presidential candidate for a planned December election that remains in doubt amid disputes over the rules. Bashagha was the influential interior…
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) -The speaker of Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives said on Wednesday he would run for president in a Dec. 24 election that is part of a United…
Eastern commander Khalifa Haftar will run in Libya's presidential elections due next month, he announced in a televised speech on Tuesday. "Elections are the only way out of the severe crisis that…
Libya's Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said on Monday the parliament's election law was flawed and written to serve specific candidates as he said he would announce whether he will run for president…
TRIPOLI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The son of Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi registered on Sunday as presidential candidate in December's planned election as disputes rage over the rules of…
Nov 12 (Reuters) - Libya's peace plan, aimed at national elections in December, offers a fragile chance of stability after a decade of chaos and division between warring factions. However,…
World powers will push for sanctions against anyone who disrupts Libya's electoral process and political transition, according to draft conclusions of a conference they are holding later on Friday in…
Libya's eastern-based forces have agreed to repatriate 300 foreign mercenaries from their area of control after a request from France, a military official said as Paris hosts an international conference…
CAIRO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will travel to Paris to attend a conference on Libya on Friday and to hold talks with French President Emmanuel…
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Murad Hemima, on Friday, announced that an agreement with the Maltese government has been reached on a process to lift the freezing…
TRIPOLI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The head of Libya's national unity government plans to run for president next month, according to a senior official, an apparent breach of a pledge…
TRIPOLI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Libya's Presidency Council has suspended Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush for "administrative violations" and barred her from traveling, its spokesperson said on Saturday. The spokesperson, Najwa…
Libya Observer quotes the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs in Libya, Mohammed Sayala, saying that the Lockerbie bombing case was settled by Libya with be US and UK years ago with…
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris plans to support Libya taking steps toward elections at a conference in Paris next week, according to senior administration officials. “We want to show our…
Medavia airlines has announced the resumption of flights between Malta International Airport and Mitiga International Airport, as of this week, The Libya Herald reported. A vaccination certificate recognized by the…
The United Nations Libya mission said that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on Dec. 24 as originally envisioned in a…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A major leak in the pipeline running to Libya’s Es Sider terminal has led to the pipeline being shut down and it will require seven-10 days of…
Libya's state oil company said that the 120,000 barrels per day (bpd) Zawiya oil refinery complex in a western city of capital Tripoli was severely damaged as a result of…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Registration for candidates in Libya's presidential and parliamentary elections should open as of the first half of November, Emad al-Sayah, the head of the High National Elections…
Libya’s prime minister and several foreign powers on Thursday endorsed the holding of a national election on Dec. 24 as envisaged in a U.N.-backed peace plan aimed at resolving years…
Libya's oil minister has again suspended the head of state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC), Mustafa Sanalla, over alleged administrative offences, the ministry said, in a dispute that may undermine efforts…
U.S. federal agents are in Cyprus inspecting a light aircraft, Cypriot police said, suggesting continuing international interest in a plane believed by U.N. experts to have been obtained two years…
Libyan security forces used “unnecessary and disproportionate” force to detain African migrants, shooting dead some of those trying to escape, the U.N. human rights office said as it demanded an…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants and refugees waited outside a United Nations centre in Tripoli on Sunday to seek help in escaping Libya after what aid groups called a…
At least six migrants were shot dead at a Tripoli detention centre on Friday, the head of the U.N. migration agency's Libya mission said, as many reportedly escaped from the…
Russian mercenaries in Libya killed detainees, among the possible war crimes committed by multiple sides in the conflict, U.N. human rights investigators said on Monday, adding that they had drawn…
Libya's unity government and the National Oil Corp (NOC) said they would build a new refinery in the south that was originally planned in 1980. The refinery at Sebha would…
Libya's foreign minister said that some foreign fighters have left the country as the unity government seeks to marshal international help to withdraw the many who remain. "The reports are…
Security services in Tripoli over the weekend raided several locations in Gargaresh Municipality west of Tripoli as part of a security campaign against illegal migration and drug and liquor trafficking.…
Germany will remain committed to supporting Libya even after the government changes in Berlin, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday at a joint news briefing with the head…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The head of Libya's Presidency Council said on Saturday he would urge candidates in elections proposed for December not to take part unless there was consensus…
Libya Observer - The Council of the European Union (EU) has appointed Rear Admiral Stefano Turchetto as commander of Operation Irini, in succession to Admiral Fabio Agostini. The new commander…
Several thousand Libyans packed a Tripoli square late on Friday for a state-funded mass wedding celebration that also drew supporters of transitional Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and protesters against the…
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based parliament said on Tuesday it had withdrawn confidence from the unity government, though it would continue to operate as a caretaker administration. The vote in…
The Libya Observer - The first flight from Malta to Libya touched down in Tripoli's Mitiga Airport on Monday to pave the way for resuming flights between the two countries…
East Libyan forces said they lost two helicopters in a crash during a military operation on Sunday, after days of fighting with a formerly allied rebel group from Chad. The…
U.N. migration agency official expressed concerns Friday over the disappearance of thousands of Europe-bound migrants who were intercepted and returned to Libya as more and more desperate people risk their…