Blow to Libya unity government as rival seizes offices
Libya`s UN-backed unity government suffered a blow in its Tripoli base late Friday when a rival seized key offices in the capital and proclaimed the reinstatement of the former administration.
Oct 15, 2016, 12:29 PM IST
Migrants rescued, others feared drowned off Libya
Some 15 migrants were feared drowned Thursday after a high-seas rescue off the coast of Libya in which several ships pulled 100 people to safety from a sinking dinghy.
Oct 13, 2016, 17:38 PM IST
Sewage floods Libya's Tobruk city
Libya's eastern city of Tobruk has been flooded with sewage in the past few days, sparking fears of a health and environmental disaster, reports said on Thursday.
Oct 06, 2016, 23:52 PM IST
Armed men kidnap Muslim cleric outside mosque in Libyan capital Tripoli
Armed men kidnapped a Muslim cleric outside a mosque in the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Thursday, according to local media reports.
Oct 06, 2016, 23:29 PM IST
At least 28 migrants dead off Libya: Coastguard
Twenty-eight Europe-bound migrants were found dead on a day of frantic rescues off Libya, including at least 22 in an overloaded wooden boat, an AFP photographer and the Italian coastguard said.
Oct 05, 2016, 05:54 AM IST
At least 22 dead on migrant boat off Libya: AFP photographer
At least 22 Europe-bound migrants died on Tuesday in an overloaded wooden boat off Libya, most of them having suffocated, an AFP photographer said.
Oct 05, 2016, 02:54 AM IST
US hits IS positions in Libya as air war enters third month
US military aircraft pounded Islamic State positions in the jihadists` former Libyan stronghold of Sirte over the weekend, as the US air campaign entered its third month, the Pentagon said Monday.
Oct 04, 2016, 03:46 AM IST
EU extends sanctions on Libyan Parliament head
The EU extended on Friday by six months the sanctions against the head of Libya`s internationally recognised parliament as well as two former officials, for blocking peace efforts by failing to get behind the UN-backed unity government.
Oct 01, 2016, 01:15 AM IST
Libyan leader says rival strongman to have voice in govt
Libyan prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj says military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who controls the north African country`s main oil ports, should be represented in a new, more inclusive government.
Sep 28, 2016, 01:40 AM IST
Libya PM Fayez Seraj calls for national reconciliation in splintered country
Libya's prime minister called for a national reconciliation initiative to repair the divisions in a fragmented country reeling from the turbulence that has followed the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Sep 26, 2016, 18:19 PM IST
Indian professors held captive by IS for a year return home
T Gopikrishna from Andhra Pradesh and Ch Balram Kishan from Telangana, who were teaching at Libya's Sirte University, were abducted by Islamic State militants in July last year.
Sep 25, 2016, 17:25 PM IST
Two Indians, rescued from war-torn Libya, set to arrive home today
Two Indians, who were rescued after over a year of captivity in war-torn Libya, will return to India on Friday.
Sep 23, 2016, 09:04 AM IST
Bombs for brides: IS dowries revealed in Libya
Islamic State group marriage contracts unearthed by pro-government forces battling the group in Libya reveal that the jihadists offered their brides unusual dowries: machineguns and explosive belts.
Sep 21, 2016, 23:43 PM IST
Tunisia extends state of emergency by another month
Tunisia announced on Saturday that a state of emergency in force since a deadly attack on the presidential guard last November will be extended by one month.
Sep 18, 2016, 02:11 AM IST
Two Indians held captive in Libya since July 2015 rescued: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday informed that two Indians, who had been in captivity in Libya since July 29, 2015, have been released.
Sep 15, 2016, 10:04 AM IST
Kuwaitis abandon battle for Muammar Gaddafi's `Air Force One`
Muammar Gaddafi was killed in October 2011, after which the oil-rich country slid into chaos, with the Islamic State group making inroads.
Sep 09, 2016, 22:17 PM IST
3 Indians stuck in Libya being flown home: Sushma
Three Indians who are stuck in war-torn Libya, including two who went back after being evacuated in April, are being brought to Benghazi city and will be flown to India, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.
Sep 02, 2016, 00:44 AM IST
Some 6,500 migrants rescued off Libya: Coastguard
The Italian coastguard said it had coordinated the rescue of about 6,500 migrants off of Libya in one of its busiest days of life-saving in recent years.
Aug 30, 2016, 06:25 AM IST
Battles in Libya's Sirte kill 34 fighters, injure over 180
At least 34 Libyan fighters were killed and more than 180 wounded on Sunday as they closed in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte, according to a field hospital.
Aug 29, 2016, 08:46 AM IST
Libya parliament rejects UN-backed unity government
Libya`s internationally recognised parliament on Monday voted no confidence in a UN-backed unity government, a spokesman said, in a blow to efforts to end the country`s political chaos.
Aug 22, 2016, 20:41 PM IST
