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23 May 2013, 11:51
The EU has approved a mission to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the country’s frontier.
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22 May 2013, 14:10
The US have identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, officials say.
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22 May 2013, 08:31
Libya's interior minister has submitted his resignation, after months of efforts to curb armed groups who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi but have since stalled the transition to democracy.
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20 May 2013, 10:53
Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.
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13 May 2013, 09:38
Oil giant BP says it has pulled some non-essential overseas staff out of Libya because of concerns about the political situation.
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Monday, 13 May 2013
13 May 2013, 07:25
Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns, the Foreign Office says.
Friday, 10 May 2013
10 May 2013, 07:43
A daughter of Muammar Gaddafi's jailed former intelligence chief is accusing Libya of denying him access to a lawyer, family visits and exercise.
Thursday, 09 May 2013
09 May 2013, 07:33
Libyan militiamen have withdrawn their machine-gun mounted pick-up trucks from outside two ministries, but pressed their protests for more concessions from the government.
09 May 2013, 11:24
Libyan PM Ali Zeidan has announced a cabinet reshuffle "in the coming days", against the backdrop of the country’s latest political crisis.
09 May 2013, 15:00
A former top diplomat in Libya has delivered a riveting account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September.
Wednesday, 08 May 2013
08 May 2013, 17:13
The Libyan militiamen who have besieged two ministries in Tripoli for more than a week appear determined to press their protests, analysts say.
Tuesday, 07 May 2013
07 May 2013, 10:11
A team of US special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended was told to stand down, a former diplomat says.
Friday, 03 May 2013
03 May 2013, 12:13
The FBI has released photographs of three men it says were at the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, when it was attacked last September.
Thursday, 02 May 2013
02 May 2013, 13:33
A bomb has destroyed a police station in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi but it caused no causalities, a security source says.
02 May 2013, 15:38
The trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deceased Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, is set to resume in the western city of Zintan.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
30 April 2013, 06:35
Dozens of gunmen have kept Libya's foreign ministry under siege for a second day, as violence spread to the the interior ministry.
30 April 2013, 16:49
Armed men demanding the expulsion of officials from the former regime of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have surrounded the justice ministry in Tripoli.
Thursday, 25 April 2013
25 April 2013, 11:41
The bomb attack on the French embassy has highlighted the security situation in Libya, with extremists and militias gaining influence.
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
24 April 2013, 13:30
The UN Security Council and UN leader Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a car bomb attack on the French embassy in Tripoli.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
23 April 2013, 11:45
France's embassy in Libya has been hit by what appears to be a car bomb, injuring two guards in the first such attack in Tripoli since the 2011 war.
23 April 2013, 13:45
French President Francois Hollande has condemned the attack on his country's embassy in Libya.
23 April 2013, 18:04
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdel Aziz has branded the attack on the French embassy in Tripoli a "terrorist" incident.
Monday, 15 April 2013
15 April 2013, 10:38
A security official says the leader of an Islamic extremist militia in Libya suspected of involvement in an attack in Benghazi that killed the US ambassador has been shot.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
11 April 2013, 13:09
Arab allies Qatar and Libya have given cash-strapped Egypt a $5bn double boost as the Arab world’s most popular nation struggles to secure an IMF loan.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
10 April 2013, 10:00
Libyan weapons are spreading at "an alarming rate" to new territory in west Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, the UN says.
10 April 2013, 15:06
Libya's national assembly has approved a law criminalising torture and abductions, as the government seeks to stamp its authority on a country awash with weapons.
Tuesday, 09 April 2013
09 April 2013, 14:05
A top aide to Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan kidnapped at the end of last month in a Tripoli suburb has been released, a source close to the cabinet says.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
27 March 2013, 10:07
A Libyan security official says at least 50 inmates have fled a prison in an oasis city in the country's southern desert.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
19 March 2013, 17:03
Egyptian police have arrested Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, a cousin of Muammar Gaddafi, who is wanted in Libya for his role in Gaddafi's regime, a report says.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
14 March 2013, 13:47
Five deaths have been confirmed among the 29 suspected cases of influenza A (H1N1) virus infections in Libya, Health Minister Noor Eddin Dughman said.
Friday, 08 March 2013
08 March 2013, 10:31
Dozens of Libyan militiamen have stormed the headquarters of a private TV network in Tripoli, abducting some of the staff, a report says.
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
06 March 2013, 15:53
Protesters demanding that Libya’s national assembly adopt a bill banning from politics associates of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi have blocked MPs from leaving a meeting room, one MP says.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
28 February 2013, 07:35
Libya will soon ask the UN Security Council to lift an embargo on arms imports to the North African state, the official news agency quoted Prime Minister Ali Zeidan as saying.
Friday, 22 February 2013
22 February 2013, 13:57
Arab governments should use anti-riot gear against protesters to save lives after many were killed in a response to Arab Spring uprisings, say defence experts.
Friday, 15 February 2013
15 February 2013, 11:00
Libya will mark the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled the regime of strongman Muammar Gaddafi, amid fears of fresh violence.
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
12 February 2013, 14:50
The Libyan PM has declared that borders with Tunis and Egypt will be closed as a security measure ahead of the country’s commemoration of the 2011 uprising.
Monday, 11 February 2013
11 February 2013, 09:24
The Libyan Christian community's fears for safety have increased since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime, especially after a church bombing in December.
Friday, 08 February 2013
08 February 2013, 08:34
The US military is not a 911 service ready to rush to every emergency around the world, Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta told lawmakers.
Friday, 01 February 2013
01 February 2013, 14:24
Two years after Benghazi kindled an uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, it is threatening "another revolution".
Thursday, 31 January 2013
31 January 2013, 16:03
British Prime Minister David Cameron flew into the Libyan capital for a previously unannounced visit, an AFP photographer in Tripoli reported.
Friday, 25 January 2013
25 January 2013, 10:18
London, Germany, Canada and Netherlands have urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern city of Benghazi.
Thursday, 24 January 2013
24 January 2013, 16:04
At least 120 people have suffered burns from fireworks set off at a religious festival in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a report says.
Thursday, 17 January 2013
17 January 2013, 08:07
Pro-democracy watchdog group Freedom House says Libya has made major strides toward establishing democracy in the last year.
17 January 2013, 11:13
Libya is considering imposing a curfew on the violence-wracked eastern city of Benghazi, its prime minister says.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
15 January 2013, 11:03
At least one police officer has been wounded after attackers threw a hand grenade at a petrol car on the east Libyan city of Benghazi.
Monday, 14 January 2013
14 January 2013, 13:29
Libya plans to create a special force to protect diplomats, government sources say, after a gun attack on an Italian consul.
Friday, 11 January 2013
11 January 2013, 10:19
Libyan former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi faces execution if he is not extradited by Libyan authorities to The Hague, his lawyers warned.
Tuesday, 08 January 2013
08 January 2013, 10:24
Nearly 15 months after Gaddafi was killed, Libyans remain at odds over a democratic constitution to replace his 42-year dictatorship.
Thursday, 03 January 2013
03 January 2013, 09:10
Libya has dropped arrest warrants and travel bans slapped by the toppled regime of Muammar Gaddafi against the slain dictator's opponents.
Monday, 31 December 2012
31 December 2012, 11:00
An improvised bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the public prosecutor in the Libyan city of Benghazi causing material damage.