Jailbreak in Libya, 54 detainees escape

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 21:58

A Libyan security official says that over 54 detainees have escaped from a prison in the capital Tripoli due to a security failure.

Libyan commander`s son kidnapped in Benghazi

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 03:03

Libya has been wracked with political violence and instability since the end of the civil war in 2011, which saw many armed militias formed in the country.

Libya says five kidnapped Egyptian diplomats freed

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 04:14

Five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Tripoli in retaliation for Egypt`s arrest of a Libyan militia commander have been freed, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Razak Al-Grady said on Sunday.

Egypt diplomats quit Libya after kidnappings

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:36

Egypt`s ambassador and his staff have left Libya for security reasons after the kidnapping of five of their colleagues, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.

Egyptians were kidnapped in retaliation for militia chief`s arrest: Libya

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 03:45

Five Egyptian embassy staff kidnapped in Tripoli were abducted in retaliation for the arrest of a Libyan militia commander by Egyptian authorities, the Libyan government said on Saturday.

Four Egyptian Embassy staff kidnapped in Libya: Government

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 15:39

Four Egyptian Embassy staff have been kidnapped in the Libyan capital Tripoli, including a cultural attache, the Libyan Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, after an Egyptian administrative attache was abducted on Friday by unknown gunmen.

Kidnappers seize Egypt diplomat in Libya

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 02:50

Kidnappers seized an Egyptian diplomat in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Friday, Libya`s foreign ministry said.

Libya violence kills 643 people in 2013: Parliament

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 21:45

Violence in Libya killed 643 people last year, amid a sharp rise in crime, according to a parliamentary report that laments a lack of effective policing in the increasingly lawless North African country.

Six dead in clashes in Lebanon`s Tripoli

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 01:34

Six people have been killed in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian conflict regularly break out, a security source said today.

Three dead in clashes in Lebanon`s Tripoli

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:49

Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the northern Lebanon city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian conflict regularly break out, a security source said Monday.

South Korean official kidnapped in Libya

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 11:51

A South Korean official has been kidnapped in Libya on his way home, Seoul`s Foreign Ministry said Monday.

Shots fired at Libyan parliament building

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 08:38

Protesters fired shots at Libya`s parliament building in Tripoli on Tuesday, hitting it several times and prompting the session to be suspended but causing no casualties, a lawmaker told.