Libya News

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.

Saadi Gaddafi's passion for football was once regarded merely as a joke. But it will be paraded in evidence against the dictator's son as the trial against him and his brother continues.

TUNIS: Tunis said Friday that the kidnappers of a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli and an embassy colleague are demanding the release of Libyans jailed in Tunisia on terrorism charges.

It's a story Jack tells often. There they are, standing at a tram stop in Albert Park, when the well-dressed young man next to him notices his Rats of Tobruk badge.

The family of a British teenager who has been killed in Syria had no idea he had travelled to the war-torn country, his father has said.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe attends a remembrance service to mark the 30th anniversary of the killing of British police officer Yvonne Fletcher in St James's Square in central London.

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Libya's sovereign wealth fund has filed a bribery case against French bank Socit Gnrale, adding to its $1 billion lawsuit against Goldman Sachs.

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

A Tunisian diplomat was kidnapped on Thursday in the Libyan capital Tripoli, Libya's foreign ministry said, two days after gunmen seized Jordan's ambassador.

A new scheme has been launched to provide grants to Libyan media to help them strengthen their management capacity and improve their output.

"We have nothing new to report about him, but we will not spare any opportunity to find his whereabouts," Said Lassoued, the Libyan foreign ministry spokesperson, told The Jordan Times over the phone late Wednesday evening.

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.

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"She's free now. She was able to escape," said Joe Mellott, a spokesman for the US Embassy in the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, referring to the Libyan guard.

The kidnappers of Jordanian Ambassador to Libya, Faouaz al-Atyan, have demanded the release of a Libyan as a condition for the diplomat's release, the local media reported on Wednesday.

New Delhi, Apr 15 : Diversified global conglomerate Punj Lloyd has signed a contract worth USD 540 million for a buildings and infrastructure project with the Housing Infrastructure Board in Libya.

Ukrainian government forces launched their first significant military action in the east of the country on Tuesday, clashing with about 30 pro-Russian gunmen at a provincial airfield and heightening fears that the standoff could escalate into a major armed conflict.