Libya News

The Libyan parliamentary decision to oust Prime Minister Ali Zidan this week not only marks the demise of his government after 16 months but also renews questions among some Libyans about whether democracy is the best form of government for their nation.

Date, time, time zone for call: Thursday, March 27, 2014; 10:00 a.m. EDT Brief Description of call: The second in a series of monthly calls, Ambassador Jones and Embassy Tripoli officers will provide an overview and update on security and defense issues in Libya and potential opportunities and challenges for U.S. companies interested in this ... (more)

Libya has reported its first outbreak ofHighly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 on a farm in the port city ofTubruq near the Egyptian border, according toDr Abdunaser Dayhum, Director General, National Centre of Animal Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal & Marine Wealth , Zawia, Libya and published in a World Organization of Animal Health ... (more)

Asante Kotoko have constituted a three-man body to look into circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Yahaya Mohammed from camp before engaging BYC last month in the CAF Champions League.

"OIL IS our strength", declares a billboard campaign launched by Libya's oil ministry.

North Korea had nothing to do with a tanker which left Libya with an oil shipment in defiance of the government, a Pyongyang official has said.

Ousted PM left Libya on way to 'another European country' By Jomana Karadsheh and Steve Almasy, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: State media in North Korea says temporary registry for tanker has been canceled Acting PM says predecessor free to leave, return for legal proceedings Abdullah al-Thinni says Libyan navy tracked oil tanker after it got through ... (more)

The prospect of a deal between Libya's eastern rebels and the country's central government is diminishing after the breakaway region shipped its first cargo of crude oil.

A House lawmaker wants to make sure that planes carry flight recorders that eject before crashes so they are easier to find, a proposal the secretary of transportation said Wednesday he is studying.

A western-based militia fighting in the name of parliament has launched an offensive against an autonomy-minded militia in the east that has for months occupied most of Libya's crucial oil facilities a" seizing virtual control of the country's most vital resource and almost sole source of cash.

Police say the man who killed two people at a Maryland mall in January had no connection with his victims and may have had a fixation with the 1999 Columbine High School shooting.

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its dismay at the environment in which journalists have to operate in Libya.

One of the problems plaguing Libya is its lack of reliable leadership since 2011 - current PM Ali Zeidan was ousted from power just last night, throwing the country into even more disarray.

Libya's parliament ousted Western-backed Prime Minister Ali Zidan in a Tuesday vote, removing the first democratically chosen leader who had struggled for 15 months to stem the country's spiraling descent into chaos, with divisive political power struggles and rampant militias out of the control of the weak central government.

San Francisco firefighters prevented a five-alarm fire from spreading from a condominium construction site to nearby buildings on Tuesday.

Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan was in Malta for two hours late on Tuesday on a refueling stop before going to "another European country", Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told state-owned television TVM.

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Ali Zeidan has been criticized, opposed, and even briefly kidnapped since taking office as interim prime minister in October 2012.

TRIPOLI: The Libyan parliament ousted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan on Tuesday and named the defense minister as caretaker premier until a permanent replacement has been approved, MPs said.