(Reuters) – The British embassy in the Libyan capital said it was aware of reports of a potential threat against it, days after London urged British nationals to leave the eastern city of Benghazi due to a “specific and imminent threat” against Westerners. “We are aware of reports of a [...]

How video games are helping integrate Libyans back into the international community Last October, as Libya’s congress was throwing out the then-prime minister-elect and the hunt continued for the killers of the American ambassador, around five dozen young men filed into a Tripoli theater for the country’s first-ever open national [...]

ESAM MOHAMED Associated Press Libyan officials say the head of the FBI is in Tripoli for talks on the investigation into last year’s killing of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in the eastern city of Benghazi. The officials say FBI director Robert Mueller arrived Thursday and is to [...]

Italy’s Consul-General in Benghazi, Guido de Sanctis, was attacked in Benghazi late today Saturday, but was not hurt.  ”He was unharmed”, an Italian official told the Libya Herald, “but we have no details exactly what happened”. A source in Benghazi said that the incident took place early this evening. Unknown assailants [...]

AFP – An improvised bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the public prosecutor in the Libyan city of Benghazi causing material damage but no fatalities, a security source said. “Initial evidence suggests the device was a suitcase packed with high yield explosives (TNT),” an investigator at the scene told AFP [...]

A Libyan military tribunal probing the 2011 murder of rebel commander has quit its inquiry after causing outrage by questioning a popular politician. The Benghazi military court has sent the Abdel Fattah Younes murder case back to military prosecutors. The tribunal’s questioning of former leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil sparked protests [...]

(Reuters) – Two police stations were targeted in what appeared to be simultaneous attacks in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, a police source said, while the chief of police in Derna survived an attack on his car. An explosive device was thrown at an empty car parked [...]

By Hadeel Al Shalchi (Reuters) – Libyan military prosecutors told the country’s wartime rebel leader not to leave the country on Tuesday after questioning him over the killing of a top field commander during last year’s conflict, a military prosecution official said. Mustafa Abdel Jalil led the National Transitional Council [...]

(Reuters) – Libya have entered two teams in next year’s African club competitions despite not having a functioning domestic league in the country for almost two years. The Libya Football Federation have entered Al Ittihad from Tripoli into the African Champions League and Al Nasr of Benghazi in the African [...]

Benghazi – Eighteen months after the mysterious murder of a top general who led the early stages of the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s judiciary has yet to shed light on the case that could involve some senior former rebels. General Abdel Fatah Younis had participated in the coup that [...]

* Ministry proposes creation of two separate bodies in Tripoli and Benghazi * Exploration and production would be separated from refining By Marie-Louise Gumuchian TRIPOLI, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Libya’s oil ministry is proposing to separate the OPEC member’s exploration and production activities from refining, shaking up the running of [...]

It was 5 years since the last participation of Libya in ESWC. After the country dark hours, its community comes back more motivated than ever. Two weeks ago another qualifier finished and four new players earned a spot at the Grand Final of the ESWC. We are always proud to [...]

By MATTHEW LEE – Associated Press WASHINGTON — The new top U.S. diplomat for Libya has arrived in the county to assume temporary control of the embassy in Tripoli after last month’s deadly attack on the consulate in Benghazi that killed the ambassador and three other Americans. The State Department [...]

WASHINGTON — Escorted by several dozen Special Operations forces, F.B.I. agents on Thursday entered the ruins of the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, as part of their investigation into the killings there of ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Security fears had kept the F.B.I. agents from traveling the 400 miles [...]

Hundreds of Libyans voluntarily turn over their weapons after rallies calling for disbanding of militias. Hundreds of Libyans turned over their weapons at collection points in Tripoli, the capital, and the eastern city of Benghazi, following rallies which called for disarmament and the disbanding of militias. A steady trickle of [...]