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: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:55

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.

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.

Death toll from south Libya tribal clashes hits 86

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 23:27

An official at a hospital in southern Libya says two weeks of fighting between tribes, government soldiers and former loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi has killed at least 86 people.

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.

Libya PM vows to stay on after Islamists quit cabinet

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:29

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan vowed to stay at his post after Islamist ministers quit his government in protest at persistent lawlessness that saw him briefly abducted last year.

Islamists quit Libya government amid censure debate

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 22:07

Libya`s Islamist Justice and Construction Party announced it was quitting the government after it failed to win sufficient support for a censure motion in Parliament.

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.