Libya News

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.

Misrata's 'miracle': One of the worst-damaged cities in Libya's 2011 revolution, the port has become a symbol of ambition and recovery - but how much of its success is based on the ruthless bullying of regional rivals? Businessmen confer in shimmering hotel lobbies, a brand new mall is packed with shoppers and manicured trees line public streets.

An exterior view of the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen seen in Benghazi September 12, 2012.

A tanker is due to load 1 million barrels of crude on Tuesday from Libya's reopened Hariga port, its first export shipment since a deal to end months of closures at its main oil terminals, the National Oil Corp. said.

Mansour Bushnaf is a Libyan playwright who, at the age of 60 has just published his first novel in English.

Masked gunmen snatched Jordan's ambassador to Libya from his car early on Tuesday and shot and severely wounded his driver, Jordan's Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour said.