Sources: Al-Arabiyah
At least 50 people are killed after a boat carrying Sudanese refugees catches fire off the coast of Libya, with 24 survivors receiving medical assistance. 2025-09-15
A boat carrying Egyptian migrants and Sudanese crewmen en route to Europe capsizes off the coast of Tobruk, Cyrenaica, Libya, killing at least 15 people, injuring 10 others and leaving some missing. 2025-07-25
The United States Africa Command accuses Russia of deploying fighter jets to eastern Libya to provide air support to Russian mercenaries allied to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, who is locked in a civil war with the UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). 2020-05-26
At least 10 people drown off the coast of Libya when their dinghy sinks. The Italian Navy managed to rescue over 100 more people. 2016-06-30
ISIL claims responsibility for kidnapping three African Christians in Libya. 2015-07-18
More than 40 people have drowned as a migrant boat sinks travelling between Libya and Italy. In a separate incident, 15 Muslim migrants from another Italy-bound boat have been arrested, after allegedly throwing 12 Christian migrants overboard. 2015-04-16
A huge fire at the National Oil Corp. depot started by a stray rocket threatens the Libyan capital Tripoli. 2014-07-28
More than 1,000 inmates escape from prison in Benghazi, Libya. 2013-07-27
Opposition forces in Libya make gains amid NATO bombing, reportedly operating out of the capital Tripoli. 2011-05-10
The father of one of those killed in the 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombing travels to Libya to meet Abdelbaset al-Megrahi; he considers Megrahi to be innocent and calls for an inquiry. 2010-09-20