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News Libya: State Department Tells Americans Going to Libya to Prepare Wills, Leave DNA Samples

Published on: Saturday 05 September 2026
State Department Tells Americans Going to Libya to Prepare Wills, Leave DNA Samples
News source: https://www.ntd.com/state-department-tells-americans-going-to-libya-to-prepare-wills-leave-dna-samples_1170997.html

The State Department has placed Libya at Level 4: Do Not Travel, its most severe advisory category. The advisory lists four escalating tiers of caution—exercise normal precautions, exercise increased ...

News Libya: Libya rescues 263 illegal immigrants from abusive group

Published on: Friday 31 January 2025
Libya rescues 263 illegal immigrants from abusive group
News source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/01/libya-rescues-263-illegal-immigrants-from-abusive-group-in-al-wahat/

Libya’s Criminal Investigation Agency announced the rescue of over two hundred illegal immigrants in Al-Wahat district from a gang that tortured, abused and mistreated them on Friday. The rescued came ...

News Libya: 6 migrant bodies found in desert in SE Libya

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026
6 migrant bodies found in desert in SE Libya
News source: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/08/26/6-migrant-bodies-found-in-desert-in-se-libya

The bodies of six migrants were found in the Al-Wahat area, about 1,000 km southeast of the Libyan capital Tripoli, local authorities said Tuesday.

News Libya: Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams

Published on: Monday 11 September 2023
Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams
News source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15003248

CAIRO--Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods in Libya that broke dams and swept away entire neighborhoods in multiple coastal towns in the east of the North African nation. As many as 2,000 people were feared dead, one of the country's leaders said Monday.

News Libya: Libya’s Mitiga airport halts air traffic following air strike

Published on: Monday 29 July 2019
Libya’s Mitiga airport halts air traffic following air strike
News source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/libya-mitiga-airport-halts-air-154014647.html

CAIRO, July 29 (Reuters) - Libya's Mitiga airport halted air traffic on Monday after it was hit by air strikes, the airport authority said on its Facebook page. The attacks took place as a plane was ...

News Libya: Libya’s oil industry is in disarray right when the world needs it more than ever

Published on: Monday 20 June 2022
Libya’s oil industry is in disarray right when the world needs it more than ever
News source: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/20/business/libya-oil-control-mime-intl

The fluctuating output and conflicting narratives surrounding the industry demonstrate the disarray Libya’s oil sector is in, with little clarity on who really is in control of the nation’s most valuable resource.

News Libya: Libya is taking its place as North Africa’s new business hub

Published on: Monday 31 August 2026
Libya is taking its place as North Africa’s new business hub
News source: https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/markets/libya-is-taking-its-place-as-north-africas-new-business-hub/4j4lmcn

Significant growth in recent years has been achieved in spite of political volatility; can undoubted economic opportunity bring prosperity and stability? | Business Insider Africa

News Libya: Libya, Tunisia discuss closer bilateral ties

Published on: Sunday 08 March 2026
Libya, Tunisia discuss closer bilateral ties
News source: https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libya-tunisia-discuss-closer-bilateral-ties

Presidential Council head, Mohamed Menfi, and Tunisian President Kais Saied have discussed strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation between the two countries. The talks took place during a phone call initiated by President Saied on Wednesday, according to the Presidential Council. The two leaders discussed ways to broaden cooperation and coordination, as well as a number of issues related to Libya-Tunisia relations.

News Libya: Could 4+4 make 1 in Libya? UN-backed agreement looks to unite rival camps

Published on: Monday 31 August 2026
Could 4+4 make 1 in Libya? UN-backed agreement looks to unite rival camps
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/1/could-44-make-1-in-libya-un-backed-agreement-looks-to-unite-rival-camps

Representatives of Libya’s rival political camps recently signed a landmark agreement in Tripoli, drafting a roadmap that could see presidential and legislative elections within 24 months. Mediated by ...

News Libya: 8 Members Of Sudanese Family Starve To Death After Getting Lost In Libyan Desert

Published on: Tuesday 16 February 2021
8 Members Of Sudanese Family Starve To Death After Getting Lost In Libyan Desert
News source: https://www.ibtimes.com/8-members-sudanese-family-starve-death-after-getting-lost-libyan-desert-3147042

The team started from Sudan's El Fasher to Libya's Kufra city on Aug. 7, 2020 Their bodies were seen strewn around the vehicle, a white Toyota Sequoia The fate of 13 others, who travelled with the ...

News Libya: Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees

Published on: Sunday 09 February 2025
Libya finds two mass graves with bodies of nearly 50 migrants, refugees
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/9/libya-finds-two-mass-graves-with-bodies-of-nearly-50-migrants-refugees

Libya authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African ...

News Libya: Can the African Union remain relevant in Libya?

Published on: Monday 31 August 2026
Can the African Union remain relevant in Libya?
News source: https://issafrica.org/iss-today/can-the-african-union-remain-relevant-in-libya

Unless the AU can help coordinate implementation of existing peace initiatives, its influence on the ground may continue to wane.

News Libya: Libya says it can help Europe offset energy supply losses

Published on: Saturday 29 August 2026
Libya says it can help Europe offset energy supply losses
News source: https://libyaobserver.ly/economy/libya-says-it-can-help-europe-offset-energy-supply-losses

Libya can help Europe make up for energy supply losses linked to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Oil and Gas Minister Khalifa Abdulsadek has said. Speaking at the Offshore Northern Seas conference in Stavanger, Norway, Abdulsadek said Libya could play a key role in supporting the European Union's energy security. “There is no doubt that we are going through extremely difficult times when it comes to energy security,” he said.

News Libya: PM of Libya's Government of National Unity Meets Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Published on: Tuesday 25 August 2026
PM of Libya's Government of National Unity Meets Minister of State at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
News source: https://www.gulf-times.com/article/731974/qatar/pm-of-libyas-government-of-national-unity-meets-minister-of-state-at-ministry-of-foreign-affairs

The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of the State of Libya Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibeh met yesterday in Tripoli with HE the Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr ...

News Libya: Libya's eastern-based government to close all oilfields

Published on: Monday 26 August 2024
Libya's eastern-based government to close all oilfields
News source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/26/libyas-eastern-based-government-to-close-all-oilfields-.html

The Libyan eastern-based government said on Monday that all oilfields are closing down, halting production and exports, but the country's Tripoli-based National Oil Corp, which controls oil resources, ...

News Libya: Libya, Qatar discuss security and migration cooperation

Published on: Wednesday 26 August 2026
Libya, Qatar discuss security and migration cooperation
News source: https://libyaobserver.ly/inbrief/libya-qatar-discuss-security-and-migration-cooperation

Deputy Defence Minister, Lieutenant General Abdul Salam Al-Zoubi, has met Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation and efforts to promote security and stability in Libya. The meeting took place on Wednesday at the Defence Ministry headquarters in Tripoli, in the presence of the Qatari minister’s accompanying delegation.

News Libya: Libya wants to fill the European energy void left by Hormuz, says oil minister

Published on: Wednesday 26 August 2026
Libya wants to fill the European energy void left by Hormuz, says oil minister
News source: https://www.politico.eu/article/libya-wants-to-fill-the-european-energy-void-left-by-hormuz-says-oil-minister/

The troubled North African country is ramping up fossil fuel production even as political violence and smuggling rise.

News Libya: Haftar's militia claims it found uranium reported missing by IAEA in Libya

Published on: Thursday 16 March 2023
Haftar's militia claims it found uranium reported missing by IAEA in Libya
News source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12799084

Khaled al Mahjoub, head of the media unit for the so-called Libyan National Army of warlord Khalifa Haftar, said in a statement that the 10 missing barrels had been recovered in the Sabha area of southern Libya.