Libyan authorities have arrested 541 illegal migrants in the city of Misurata, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea towards Europe. The migrants were arrested at the shore and taken to the Tariq al-Matar...

At least 510 people have been killed and 2,467 injured in the military escalation in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which began last month, the United Nations World Health Organization said."The toll from the armed conflict in Tripoli, Libya continues to...

Four hundred inmates of Ain Zara prison in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday escaped as clashes between government forces and militias intensified, according to the Judicial Police Department of Libya's Ministry of Justice."A state of rebellion erupted...

At least 34 people have been killed in twin car bombings near a mosque in the Libyan city of Benghazi, a media source said on Wednesday.Information official of Benghazi Medical Centre Khalil Gweder told Xinhua news agency: "The centre received nine bodies...

At least 27 people have been killed in twin car bombings near a mosque in the Libyan city of Benghazi.The blasts, took place on Tuesday night within minutes of each other, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The first vehicle blew up in front of a mosque in...

A group on Monday attacked Libya's Tripoli International Airport with heavy weapons, killing three people and injuring several others."The criminal militia known as Bashir al-Baqarah and all the criminals wanted by the Deterrent Force attacked the International...

Altogether eight migrants drowned and dozens are missing on Saturday off the Libyan coast while attempting to reach Europe, according to the Libyan coast guards."The eight bodies are among the 120 or 130 people who were on a rubber boat," said Colonel Fathi al-Rayani,...

At least 12 soldiers were killed on Thursday in a car bomb attack in Libya's Benghazi city, officials said.Heavy clashes erupted between the Libyan army troops and the militants, who used mines and car bombs, Xinhua news agency quoted a spokesman of the...

At least 85 bodies of migrants washed ashore in Libya's western city of Zwarah on Thursday as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean, an official of the Libyan Red Crescent confirmed.Al-Khamis Al-Bosefi said that relief workers are recovering more bodies,...

A nurse hailing from Kerala and her infant son were killed in a shell attack at their residence in Libya on Friday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Satursday."I have received report regarding the death of an Indian nurse and her infant...

At least 50 people were killed on Thursday when a truck bomb exploded outside a police training centre in the western Libyan city of Zliten.The attacker struck the al-Jahfal training camp, BBC reported. The centre was a military base during the rule of...

At least 16 people have been killed in recent clashes between the Libyan army and militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, military sources confirmed Xinhua on Thursday.The fighting started after Libya National...

A helicopter carrying 23 people crashed on Tuesday off the coast of Al-Maya after coming under heavy fire, 25 km east of Libyan capital Tripoli, according to a military source."An ambulance helicopter crashed off the coast of Al-Maya, as it was transporting...

At least eight soldiers were killed and six others were injured in Libya's Benghazi city when IS militants attacked an army check point, media reported.IS militants on Monday attacked an army site in Nowagia gate, about eight km southeast of Benghazi, in...

At least 14 Libyan army soldiers were killed and 62 others injured in clashes between the Libyan national army and extremist groups in the eastern city of Benghazi, a medical source said.The source in Benghazi's medical centre confirmed the casualties,...

A US drone strike in Libya has killed senior jihadi leader Abu Iyadh, who was believed to have masterminded a series of terrorist plots inside and outside the North African country, including an attack on the US embassy in Tunisia, Libyan media confirmed...

Sudanese authorities have rescued 154 illegal immigrants from the Sudan-Libya border, a media report said on Tuesday.The immigrants were onboard a truck whose driver was planning to smuggle them to a European country across Libya, and the truck broke down near...

Five people were killed and six others injured when an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber blew himself up in the city of Misrata in Libya, a media report said.A suicide bomber driving a vehicle rammed into Dafniya gate -- the entrance into Misrata -- killing...

A total of 17 people were killed and 16 others injured in clashes between two rival tribes in the southern Libyan city Ubari, local sources said on Wednesday."The clashes between the Tuareg and Tabu tribes has killed 17 people and injured 16 others from...

At least seven children were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi during intense artillery battles between forces allied to the Tripoli government, defending the city, and soldiers loyal to the internationally-recognised government of Tobruk, besieging...