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UN Security Council agrees to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya

International monitors will watch over a nearly six-month-old cease-fire agreement in Libya, the U.N. Security Council decided in a vote announced Friday

100 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast over past week: IOM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 100 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week.

UN: Trump ally, UAE firm violated Libya sanction, planned executing targets

The panel of experts outlined "a well-funded private military company operation" called "Project Opus" designed to provide military equipment to eastern-based commander Khalifa Hifter

US calls on Russia, Turkey, UAE to halt military interventions in Libya

The United States called on Russia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to immediately halt their military interventions in Libya

US Justice Dept charges Libyan bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion

The Justice Department announced new charges Monday against a Libyan bombmaker in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103, an attack that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground

Italy provides $526,000 aid for UN's Libyan political dialogue program

The UN Development Program announced that Italy has supported the Libyan political dialogue program by providing financial aid of 450,000 euros ($526,000 )

Libya reopens last of its major oil fields in another blow to OPEC+

Oil drops as Libya's NOC lifts force majeure on El Feel field

Oil prices fall on rising Covid-19 cases, Libya's fast growing production

On the supply side, Libya's National Oil Corp (NOC) said it had lifted force majeure on the El-Feel oilfield.

Oil prices extend losses on surge in Covid cases, increasing Libyan output

Brent LCOc1 was down 80 cents, or 1.9%, at $40.97 by 1121 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dropped 82 cents, or 2.1%, to $39.03. Both contracts fell almost 2.5% last week

Libyan factions sign countrywide UN-brokered permanent cease-fire

The rival sides in Libya's conflict signed a permanent cease-fire Friday, a deal the United Nations billed as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two.

Libya govt gets ready to pump more oil as it reopens biggest field

The National Oil Corp., Libya's state energy company, lifted force majeure on the western deposit of Sharara and instructed its operator to resume production, according to a statement on Sunday

Libya set to resume oil production at Sahara field amid peace talks

Libya's prized, light crude has long featured in the North African country''s civil war with rival militias and foreign powers jostling for control of Africa''s largest oil reserves

United Nations mission announces resumption of intra-Libyan talks

UNSMIL confirmed that it will strive to ensure broad consultations, transparency, and a rights-based approach during this "Libyan-led and Libyan-owned" process

Russia, China block release of United Nations report criticising Russia

Russia and China blocked the official release of a report by UN experts on Libya that accused its warring parties and their international backers of violating a UN arms embargo

United Nations demands all countries enforce UN arms embargo on Libya

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding that all countries enforce the widely violated UN arms embargo on Libya, withdraw all mercenaries from the North African nation

Libyan Commander Khalifa Haftar committed to ending oil blockade: US

The statement said the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) had conveyed "the personal commitment of General Haftar to allow the full reopening of the energy sector no later than Sept. 12"

United Nations stresses need to return to political process in Libya

It urged calm, the application of the rule of law and the preservation of the rights of all citizens to peacefully express their views

Vladimir Putin, Erdogan discuss fate of Hagia Sophia over telephone

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed in phone conversation developments in Syria and Libya, as well as the fate of Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia

UK, French, German, Italian FMs to meet over crisis in Iran, Libya

The British foreign ministry said the talks would cover the fallout from the US killing of a top Iranian general as well as Tehran's latest step back from the 2015 nuclear deal

Libya: 28 killed, many injured after air strikes on Tripoli military school

"An air raid on the military school of Tripoli killed 28 cadets and injured dozens more," Amin al-Hashemi, spokesman for the health ministry said