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An Islamist fighter flashes the V sign for victory at the entrance of Tripoli international airport

Egypt and UAE behind Libya air strikes: US

American officials have said Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were behind air strikes in Libya targeting Islamist militants fighting government forces in the capital, Tripoli.

News • 26 Aug 14

Shoe of one of the victims of the sinking vessel

Migrant ship sinks off Libyan coast

A wooden boat with around 170 African migrants on board trying to reach Europe has sunk off the Libyan coast.

News • 23 Aug 14

Residents heard loud explosions early in the morning near Tripoli's main airport

Unidentified war planes attack part of Tripoli

Unidentified war planes have attacked positions of an armed faction in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

News • 23 Aug 14

Oil prices fall on lower than expected Chinese manufacturing data

Oil down on weak China manufacturing data

Oil prices edged lower in Asia as dealers digested downbeat Chinese manufacturing data and tracked the ebbing likelihood of supply disruptions in Iraq, Ukraine and Libya.

Business • 22 Aug 14

Oil prices rise on strong US economic data

Oil prices rise on strong US data

World oil prices dropped today on fading fears that conflicts in crude producers Libya and Iraq would result in a major supply disruption.

Business • 21 Aug 14

Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi gave semtex explosives, guns and cash to the IRA

Libya violence halts visit by Irish delegation

A group of Irish and British victims of Gaddafi-backed IRA bombing attacks have been forced to call off a planned delegation to Libya due to the worsening security situation there, RTÉ News has learned.

News • 17 Aug 14

The department said almost all Irish ex-pat workers have already left the country

Irish citizens seek help to leave Libya

A small number of Irish citizens have asked the Government for assistance in leaving war-torn Libya, RTÉ's This Week has learned.

News • 05 Aug 14

Libya is closer to full-scale civil war just three years after the NATO-backed revolution

Libya's new parliament holds first session

Libya's newly elected House of Representatives has held its first session in a heavily guarded provincial hotel as armed factions turned the two biggest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi, into battlefields.

News • 02 Aug 14

A huge fire erupted at an oil depot outside the Libyan capital today

US and EU leaders call for ceasefire in Libya

Top US and European leaders have called for a ceasefire in Libya and for the United Nations to take on a major role in helping to stop the spiralling violence.

News • 28 Jul 14

The clashes are between rival militia groups battling over the city's main airport

Scores killed in clashes around Tripoli airport

Two weeks of clashes between rival Libyan militias battling for control of Tripoli's international airport have left more than 97 people dead and 400 wounded, the health ministry said this afternoon.

News • 27 Jul 14

Militias have exchanged rocket and artillery fire for two weeks in southern Tripoli

US evacuates its embassy in Tripoli

The US State Department said it was temporarily removing its personnel from Libya because of fighting near its embassy in Tripoli.

News • 28 Jul 14

Oil prices continue to see losses amid receding Iraq concerns

Oil falls on easing Middle East supply concerns

Oil prices extended their losing run today as dealers awaited the resumption of Libyan crude exports.

Business • 08 Jul 14

Oil traders eye the prospect of an influx of Libyan crude into the market

Oil prices extend drop on easing supply fears

Oil prices fell further today on easing concerns over supply disruptions, offsetting firm demand for crude in the US and China.

Business • 04 Jul 14

Four Americans were killed in the attack on 11 September 2012

US troops capture man suspected of Benghazi attack

US troops captured a key suspect linked to the deadly 2012 attack on an American consulate in Benghazi in a secret operation in Libya over the weekend.

News • 17 Jun 14

Libyan authorities are struggling to restore order across the vast desert nation ahead of a 25 June parliamentary election

12 killed in attacks in Benghazi, Libya

A renegade Libyan general launched a fresh attack against Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi killing 12.

News • 15 Jun 14

John Kerry is to testify before a special committee about 2012 attack in Benghazi

Two killed in Benghazi missile attack

At least two people were killed when missiles fired at a Libyan special forces army base missed their target and struck family homes in the eastern city of Benghazi, residents and officials said.

News • 24 May 14

51 people were rescued after the boat they were in sank off the Libyan coast

At least 40 die after migrant boat sinks off Libya

At least 40 people died and 51 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off Libya's coast east of Tripoli.

News • 12 May 14

Fawaz al-Itan was abducted from a street in Tripoli

Jordan's ambassador to Libya kidnapped

Jordan's ambassador to Libya was kidnapped in Tripoli by masked gunmen who attacked his car and shot his driver.

News • 15 Apr 14

Abdullah al-Thani has stepped down as Libyan Prime Minister

Libyan PM quits after armed attack

Libya's prime minister Abdullah al-Thani has stepped down, saying he and his family had been the victims of a "traitorous" armed attack the previous day.

News • 13 Apr 14

Militias often target the vital oil sector in Libya

US forces board Libyan oil tanker off Cyprus

US special forces have seized a commercial tanker that fled with a cargo of oil from a Libyan port controlled by anti-government rebels.

News • 17 Mar 14

A man shows a screen with a picture of Saadi Gaddafi, which was released on the Facebook page of Tripoli Revolutionaries Brigade

Niger transfers Saadi Gaddafi to Libya

Niger has extradited Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi, who has arrived in Tripoli and has been brought to a prison, the Libyan government said this morning.

News • 06 Mar 14

Libyan military plane crash in Tunisia kills 11

A Libyan army medical plane has crashed in Tunisia killing all 11 people on board.

News • 21 Feb 14

Journalists attend a press conference held by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in Tripoli

Libya destroys last of Gaddafi's chemical weapons

Libya has destroyed the last known large stockpile of chemical weapons from the era of Muammar Gaddafi, officials have said.

News • 05 Feb 14

The Libyan Army is struggling to control various factions

Libyan minister shot dead in Sirte

Gunmen killed Libya's Deputy Industry Minister Hassan al-Drowi late yesterday evening as he was visiting shops in the coastal city of Sirte, official sources said.

News • 12 Jan 14

The restart of a key Libyan oilfield could limit oil price gains

Oil prices rebound from recent falls

Brent crude edged over $107 a barrel today, bouncing back from its biggest weekly fall in six months.

Business • 06 Jan 14