TRIPOLI — Saudi Arabia has reopened its embassy in Tripoli, Libya.
Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government, conveyed his appreciation to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin (...)
Around 61 migrants, including women and children, have drowned following a "tragic shipwreck" off the coast of Libya, said the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Citing survivor accounts, the IOM's Libya office said in a post on X (...)
A masked doctor leans down into a black plastic body bag, and gently manipulates the legs of the man inside. "First we determine age, sex and length," he explains.
"He's in the putrefaction stage now, because of the water."
In a hospital car park in (...)
At least three members of a Greek rescue team and three members of a Libyan family have died in a road collision.
The rescuers were among a team who were traveling on a bus to the flood-ravaged city of Derna on Sunday when their vehicle collided (...)
The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday.
Marie el-Drese, the aid group's (...)
The two rival governments in Libya are coordinating relief efforts for flood victims, the UN has said.
More than 5,300 people died after two dam bursts brought devastating floods to the eastern city of Derna.
At least 10,000 people are missing, and (...)
Bodies recovered from a devastating flood that wiped out parts of the port city of Derna in eastern Libya have been buried in mass graves.
At least 2,300 people died when a tsunami-like river of floodwater swept through Derna on Sunday after a dam (...)
Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. Morgues are full in hospitals that remain (...)
UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, humanitarians told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
An estimated 3,000 people (...)
More than 5,000 people are presumed dead and 10,000 missing after heavy rains in northeastern Libya caused two dams to collapse, surging more water into already inundated areas.
Tamer Ramadan, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and (...)
The death toll from floods in Libya in one city alone stands at more than 1,000, a senior official who visited the eastern port of Derna has said.
"Bodies are lying everywhere," the minister from the eastern-based government told Reuters news (...)
More than 2,000 people in Libya are feared dead in severe flooding, according to a Libyan leader, as Storm Daniel swept through the eastern part of the country.
The head of Libya's eastern parliament-backed government, Osama Hamad, announced the (...)
Libya's PM has suspended his foreign minister after she met informally with her Israeli counterpart.
Libya does not recognize Israel, as Tripoli backs the Palestinian cause, and the meeting has sparked protests.
Israel's Eli Cohen described the (...)
RIYADH — The matches of King Salman's Cup for Arab Clubs 2023 will kick off on Thursday, with the participation of 16 clubs divided into 4 groups.
The tournament, which is organized by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), is hosted by the (...)
Migrants saved in one of the first rescue operations in the Mediterranean since hundreds of people died when a boat sank off the Greek coast, say nothing could deter them from trying to reach Europe. They spoke to the BBC's Alice Cuddy -- on board a (...)
The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation welcomed the agreement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations between them, after the success of continuous rounds of dialogue with the support of (...)
Muslim countries and organizations strongly denounced the bomb attack on a mosque in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, killing and injuring scores of worshippers on Monday.
The death toll in the suicide bombing rose to 83 while 57 others were injured, (...)
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary General Dr. Nayef Falah Mubarak Al-Hajraf condemned the burning of a copy of the Holy Qur'an by an extremist in the Hague, the Netherlands, adding that this unacceptable act would inflame and provoke the (...)
The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation condemned the Swedish government's permission to burn a copy of the Holy Quran in Stockholm, it was reported here today.
In a statement, the ministry denounced such an extremist (...)
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, on the sidelines of the "Mediterranean Dialogues" meetings held in Rome.
During the meeting, they discussed the friendly relations between the two countries as (...)
Libya expressed its solidarity with Türkiye, denouncing the terrorist attack in Taksim Square in Istanbul.
The Prime Minister of the Libyan National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, described this attack, in a statement issued today, as (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed yesterday 650 food baskets in Tripoli, Lebanon, benefiting 3,250 people.
This comes within the KSrelief's project to support the food security for Palestinian and Syrian refugees (...)
TRIPOLI — The Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari has reiterated the Kingdom's keenness on the security and stability of Lebanon.
Bukhari made the remarks when the Lebanese MP Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi received him on Saturday.
He indicated that (...)
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) supports local authorities and communities to build peace through better opportunities and increased trust.
Today, together with the Libyan Counter Terrorism Centre, UNDP has launched a new report to (...)
The bodies of 71 migrants have reportedly been recovered following another shipwreck in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Syria, which heads of UN agencies described as a "simply tragic" development that demanded an international response to (...)