Libya News

As the French comic, Coluche, said about what he wished for himself, Nelson Mandela was alive when he died.

A young American teacher was gunned downed Thursday morning while out for a jog in Benghazi's al-Fwihet neighbourhood.

Leaders of a movement seeking autonomy for Libya's eastern Cyrenaica region said on Tuesday they could allow oil exports to resume on Dec. 15 from several ports if Tripoli meets their demands and allows the region to take its share of crude.

The Libyan militia that shut down most of the country's oil terminals for months causing the loss of millions of dollars said Tuesday that terminals will reopen on Dec. 15. Ibrahim Jedran, leader of the militia, made his remarks after meeting influential tribal leaders and mediators of the al-Magharba tribe in eastern Libya.

By The Associated Press Another round of snow is in the forecast for the mid-Atlantic region, just in time for the morning commute.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani -- unlike the country's previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- submitted the draft budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year to the parliament on time; something which was unprecedented in the past eight years.

As SA prepares for the funeral of former president Nelson Mandela, a report has revealed a "strained relationship" that existed between the struggle icon and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.

A search is on in the mountains of rural northwestern Nevada for a couple and four children who went to play in the snow Sunday and haven't returned.

A training seminar on the treatment of wounds caused by mines, bullets, shrapnel and other weapons closes today in Benghazi.

A U.N. nuclear team will visit Libya this month to assess the safety of thousands of barrels of milled uranium - known as yellowcake - amid concerns about the country's deteriorating security situation, a U.N. official said on Monday.

Torture and ill-treatment were routinely used by the state to terrorize the Libyan people under al-Gaddafi's brutal rule.

Writing at his "West Tripoli" blog, Mohamed al-Hefiyan warned in a post named "Road to Kandahar" that the ongoing conflict between Islamist fighters and army forces could lead to a Taliban-like regime in Libya.

TRIPOLI: Libya has lost more than $7bn and faces new competition from Algeria and Nigeria in oil markets due to strikes at oilfields and ports drying up exports, Oil Minister Abdelbari Al Arusi said.

Since the fall of Moammar Gaddafi, Libya has been ruled by chaos. Only a month ago Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was briefly kidnapped.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the life Insurance market in Libya.

One person was killed and five wounded in Libya's eastern city Benghazi on Sunday when a car bomb exploded at a funeral for an assassinated army officer, security and medical sources said.

African migrants wait for work in Tripoli that might pay eventually to take them to Lampedusa in Italy.

Tuesday's hearing held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on the 2012 Benghazi attack presented a third round of eyewitness testimony from the fateful night of September 11 to 12 of year.

A Petro Air Embraer ERJ-170, registration 5A-SOC performing a test flight from Tripoli Mitiga to Tripoli Mitiga with 2 crew, overran the end of runway 29. There were no injuries, the aircraft received minor if any damage.

"We need to make a range of arrangements to restore Derna to its normal condition with the presence of army and police, to open army centres and support the security directorate.