Libya News

Dear CS...if some things weren't funny...Pacifica's incessant cheering of our latest contra war/ Arab sting assassination campaign against socialist Libya, Syria, Ukraine etc... and this choice of guest ...w/ his painting of Gaddafi, of the Colonel who rid the 'shores of Tripoli' of our Marines as the family to be murdered to cleanse the world of ... (more)

Libya plans deep austerity measures to tackle a budget deficit expected to reach up to 10 billion Libyan dinars this year due to rebel blockades which have strangled oil production, a senior lawmaker told Reuters.

Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns is in Tripoli, Libya to meet with senior Libyan officials, including interim Prime Minister Thanaie and General National Congress First Deputy President Ezzidine Mohammed Al-Awami, and to hear from civil society and political leaders on the full range of issues related to Libya's ongoing transition.

A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a safe haven for terrorists and al Qaeda.

Sri Lanka Wednesday suspended sending its citizens for work to Libya due to the volatile situation in that country.

As a onetime foreign correspondent who wrote from places like Northern Ireland, Iran, Pakistan, India, Vietnam and the Philippines, I see the riots in Cairo, the assassination in Benghazi and the friction in U.S-Israeli relations as part of one picture: a portrait of the Middle Eastern world preparing for war between Iran and Israel.

Episode 0041 -- Pictured: Host Jimmy Fallon on April 21, 2014 -- .. We love Jimmy Fallon oh-so much, but this week he learned that one thing his audience doesn't enjoy are gender-based jokes made at Hillary Clinton's expense.

Carthage - Caretaker Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said that despite the complexity of the situation in Libya, steps are still underway to "ensure the repatriation, safe and sound, of the two Tunisian hostages kidnapped in Tripoli."

An unknown jihadist group in Libya released a video on Monday showing a Tunisian embassy worker pleading for his life.

Libya in 2011 marks the place and the time that the United States and the Obama administration formally switched sides in the Global War on Terror .

Diego Garcia, a U.S.-controlled base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, has been the focus of theories that missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370 has flown there.

A special body to draft a new constitution for Libya convened in the volatile east on Sunday, a milestone in the bumpy transformation of the North African country since the 2011 ouster of Muammar Gaddafi.

Libyan army soldiers stand guard in a petrol station in the capital Tripoli on December 14, 2013.

Brent futures dropped towards $109 a barrel on Monday as investors took profits after steep gains, but uncertainty surrounding the crisis in Ukraine kept limited the decline.

Foreign Minister John Baird, left, offers a gift to Mustafa Abdel Jalil, chairman of Libya's National Transitional Council, in Tripoli in late 2011.

TRIPOLI: The Libyan parliament Sunday began hearing seven candidates who are vying to replace prime minister Abdullah al-Thani who quit last week just days after his appointment.

Technical problems have delayed the reopening of Libya's eastern Zueitina oil export terminal after the government reached a deal with rebels to end an eight-month blockade of the port, a minister said on Sunday.

Tadrart Acacus is a desert area in western Libya and is part of the Sahara. It is situated close to the Libyan city of Ghat.

Libya plans to limit the costly subsidies its citizens enjoy when buying fuel - much of which is smuggled into Tunisia for resale at higher prices - by introducing a "smart card" system like one newly implemented in neighboring Egypt.

Libyan voters went to the polls on Saturday to elect municipal council members in 15 cities, including Benghazi, the country's second city, which is seeking greater autonomy for the eastern seaboard region.