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Sarkozy prepares for 5-year prison term

PARIS — A court has sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison over a scheme for late Libyan dictator Moamer...

Fresh gunbattles rock Tripoli after brief lull

TRIPOLI – Fresh gunbattles erupted on Wednesday in the Libyan capital between two powerful armed groups, a security official said, a day after authorities...

Clashes in Tripoli, gunmen leader killed

TRIPOLI, Libya—Violent clashes between rival armed groups rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli on Monday night, with media reporting that the leader of an armed...

Chiz hits US plan to deport Asians to Libya

Senate President Francis Escudero yesterday condemned the United States’ plan to send Asian immigrants, including Filipinos, facing deportation to Libya, calling it “cruel.” A US...

US judge blocks deportation of Asian migrants to Libya

Washington, United States—A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from expelling Asian migrants, including Filipinos, to war-torn Libya after an emergency appeal...

Libya central bank resumes operations after abducted official’s release

Tripoli, Libya—Libya's central bank said Monday it was resuming its operations following the release of a bank official who had been abducted earlier. The Central Bank...

Libya central bank ‘suspends all operations’ after official abducted

Tripoli, Libya—The Central Bank of Libya said on Sunday it was "suspending all operations" after a bank official was abducted in the capital Tripoli, in...

Deadly landmines pose hidden threat

TRIPOLI, Libya – Hundreds of deadly landmines and unexploded ordnance still litter parts of Libya after years of fighting, posing a constant danger to...

From Libyan hell to migrant boat, 2 young Bangladeshis are saved

"Thanks to a telephone, the migrants managed to communicate their GPS position to the Alarm Phone migrant hotline that tracks boats in the Mediterranean" Aboard...

Libya declares ‘force majeure’ at oilfield amid protests

Tripoli, Libya - Libya's state-owned energy firm said on Sunday it had declared a state of "force majeure" at Al-Sharara oilfield after production at the...

More than 60 feared dead off Libya in latest migrant tragedy

Tripoli, Libya—At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said...

More than 60 feared dead off Libya in latest migrant tragedy

At least 61 migrants were missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya's coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday,...

Libya aid gab slated in flood-hit Derna

Libya’s flood-devastated port city of Derna will host an international conference next month to aid reconstruction efforts, authorities in the east of the divided...

‘The earth shook,’ survivors recount Libya flood horror

DERNA, Libya—It was long past midnight when Abdel Moneim Awad al-Sheikh awoke to desperate screams from outside his home in the Libyan city of...
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