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No trace of boat with 500 migrants, rescue group says after alarm sparked Med search

A day after searching a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea, an Italian humanitarian group said on Friday that its rescue vessel found no trace of a boat said to be in distress and carrying 500 migrants, including a newborn. The vessel…

Libya watchers see signs of progress toward reconciliation

Oil-rich but war-scarred Libya has for years been ruled by two rival governments, but now some analysts see faint signs of progress toward reconciliation between them. They point to discord within one of the camps, based in the east and…

Libya parliament replaces its appointed PM, spokesperson says

Libya’s eastern-based parliament voted to suspend its appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, and assign his finance minister Osama Hamada to his duties, the parliament spokesperson Abdullah Belhaiq said on Tuesday. The parliament…

UN urges accountability in Libya as war crimes investigation concludes

UN urges accountability in Libya as war crimes probe ends, calling for redoubling of efforts to prevent future violations. UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, set up in 2020, concludes with concerns over war crimes…

UN calls for Libya ceasefire after deadly clashes

The UN has called for an immediate stop to hostilities in Libya following a day of deadly clashes between political factions in the capital Tripoli. At least 23 people were killed and dozens more were wounded during the…

Libya says it detains men suspected of burning Nigerian to death

Three Libyans killed a Nigerian man by setting him on fire in Tripoli, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, in what a U.N. agency described as “another senseless crime against migrants in the country”. The Tripoli-based interior…

EU removes Libya’s HoR Speaker Saleh from sanctions list

The European Union on Friday removed an east Libyan powerbroker from its sanctions blacklist to encourage peace efforts and ensure the EU plays a central role in any negotiated settlement in Libya. “The de-listing of speaker Saleh was…

Libya’s NOC says output to rise as it seeks to revive oil industry

Libya’s National Oil Company said it expected oil production to rise to 260,000 barrels per day (bpd) next week, as the OPEC member looks to revive its oil industry, crippled by a blockade since January. The NOC said on Tuesday it was…

EU sanctions Turkish company accused of breaking Libya embargo

The European Union imposed sanctions on Monday on a Turkish shipping company accused of breaking a U.N. arms embargo on Libya and whose vessel was involved in a naval incident between NATO members France and Turkey in June. “The Cirkin has…

Turkey will keep supporting Libya’s GNA despite Sarraj plan to quit

Turkey’s agreements and cooperation with Libya’s internationally recognised government will continue despite Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj’s desire to quit, Presidential Spokesman Ibrahim Kalin was quoted as saying on Monday. “These…

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