Libyan Authorities

Russian authorities today resumed search operation for sailors missing after two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew caught fire in the Kerch Strait, where the blaze was still raging following the accident which killed 14 seafarers.

India is in touch with Russian authorities after two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 11 persons, media reports said on Tuesday.

Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.

Hijackers claiming to have a grenade took over a Libyan plane Friday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone onboard and surrendering to authorities, officials said. "Final crew members leaving aircraft with hijackers," Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter. Minutes later he added: "Hijackers surrendered, searched and take...

Libyan forces engaged in renewed clashes with ISIS in Sirte on Thursday, a day after capturing a convention complex that had been a symbol of the militant group's authority in the city.

Tunisian security forces pressed a search for jihadists near the Libyan border today after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by the ISIS.

Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday rejected a UN-sponsored unity government with rival authorities based in Tripoli, dealing a blow to months of efforts aimed at bridging a political divide that has undermined the fight against Islamic militants.

Lebanese authorities on Monday charged Hannibal Kadhafi, the high-living son of the late Libyan dictator, with withholding information about a missing Lebanese Shiite cleric, judicial sources told AFP.

Libyan authorities said almost 300 migrants, a third of them from Senegal, were arrested today as they prepared to board boats for the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.

A military operation to catch migrant traffickers begins today, with European warships patrolling international waters in the Mediterranean to arrest smugglers dubbed the "mafia of the sea".

Libyan authorities warned on Monday that diseases might break out in the eastern city of Benghazi due to imported meat left rotting for months in containers at the city's closed commercial port.

Libyan authorities on Saturday arrested about 600 illegal migrants from African countries who were planning to sail to Europe, a coastguard official said.

Libyan authorities are unable to halt the illicit trade in oil or the flow of weapons in and out of the country, and they need an international maritime force to help, United Nations sanctions monitors said in a new report.

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.

Russian authorities today resumed search operation for sailors missing after two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew caught fire in the Kerch Strait, where the blaze was still raging following the accident which killed 14 seafarers.

India is in touch with Russian authorities after two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 11 persons, media reports said on Tuesday.

Seven months after Libyan forces defeated ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, hundreds of bodies of foreign terrorists still lie stored in freezers as authorities negotiate with other governments to decide what to do with them, local officials say.

Hijackers claiming to have a grenade took over a Libyan plane Friday and diverted it to Malta before releasing everyone onboard and surrendering to authorities, officials said. "Final crew members leaving aircraft with hijackers," Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Twitter. Minutes later he added: "Hijackers surrendered, searched and take...

Libyan forces engaged in renewed clashes with ISIS in Sirte on Thursday, a day after capturing a convention complex that had been a symbol of the militant group's authority in the city.

Tunisian security forces pressed a search for jihadists near the Libyan border today after a deadly raid the authorities described as an "unprecedented" assault by the ISIS.

Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday rejected a UN-sponsored unity government with rival authorities based in Tripoli, dealing a blow to months of efforts aimed at bridging a political divide that has undermined the fight against Islamic militants.

Lebanese authorities on Monday charged Hannibal Kadhafi, the high-living son of the late Libyan dictator, with withholding information about a missing Lebanese Shiite cleric, judicial sources told AFP.

Libyan authorities said almost 300 migrants, a third of them from Senegal, were arrested today as they prepared to board boats for the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.

A military operation to catch migrant traffickers begins today, with European warships patrolling international waters in the Mediterranean to arrest smugglers dubbed the "mafia of the sea".

Libyan authorities warned on Monday that diseases might break out in the eastern city of Benghazi due to imported meat left rotting for months in containers at the city's closed commercial port.

Libyan authorities on Saturday arrested about 600 illegal migrants from African countries who were planning to sail to Europe, a coastguard official said.

Libyan authorities are unable to halt the illicit trade in oil or the flow of weapons in and out of the country, and they need an international maritime force to help, United Nations sanctions monitors said in a new report.

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.