The Latest Breaking News from Libya

Turkey said it will maintain its military presence in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Turkey's Anadolu state news agency published pictures on Sunday showing Turkish soldiers eating “the first Suhoor meal” (the pre-dawn meal before the day’s fast) in Tripoli. The forces were initially deployed in Libya as part of a…

With the arrival of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in war-scarred Libya, a group of volunteers work around the clock to restore old or damaged copies of the Koran. Khaled al-Drebi, one of Libya's best-known restorers of Islam's holy book, is among the artisans who arrive at a Tripoli…

The United States has returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest

Questions remain unanswered about the shipment’s origins, why it washed up on Libyan shores and how this incident came to be

Libya’s coast guard rescued 203 migrants clinging to inflatable rafts on Wednesday in two operations north of the Abu Kammash coastal area, in Libya’s far west. The Libyan National Army's Moral Guidance Department, affiliated with the National Unity Government, said on Wednesday that the Zawiya Coast Guard rescued two rubber…

Libya's Fathi Bashagha, who was appointed prime minister by the eastern-based parliament this month, expects to take over government in Tripoli in the coming days without using force, he told Reuters, amid a weeks-long standoff between rival factions.

Prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha renewed his pledge to hold elections and to achieve the aspirations of the Libyan people. Bashagha discussed with France's Special Envoy to Libya, Paul Soler, the latest developments in Libya. The French embassy announced that Soler agreed with Bashagha on the need to preserve the unity…

Investigators commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body on Wednesday painted a grim picture for migrants in Libya, just days after saying they were looking into claims that mass graves have been found at a human trafficking center in the African country’s northwest

In early March the United Nation’s General Assembly voted on a resolution demanding Russia immediately stop its military operations in Ukraine.