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Four people are killed and ten others are missing after a boat carrying migrants toward Europe capsizes off the coast of Tobruk, Libya, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
2026-03-1

The eastern-based Libyan National Army loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar recaptures the strategic Elephant Field oil field in southwestern Libya after driving out GNA forces with airstrikes.
2019-11-27

A Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) ship rescues 209 people, including 50 children, from two dinghies in distress in the Mediterranean Sea but finds 22 dead bodies, 21 women and a child, lying in a pool of fuel in the bottom of one of the boats. The dinghies were 17 miles east of Tripoli, Libya. Cause of death is unknown, though an MSF official says it could be that fumes from mixed fuel and water rendered the people unconscious. The MSF ship is expected to arrive in the Sicilian port of Trapani on Friday.
2016-07-20

The price of crude oil drops to $48 per barrel, the lowest since April of 2009.
2015-01-6

Autopsy results reveal that former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a gunshot to the head.
2011-10-23

Sky News reports that 30,000 Libyans may be missing as a result of the civil war.
2011-09-5

2011 Libyan civil war: Libya's National Transitional Council extends the deadline for tribal leaders in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte to surrender in order to avoid further fighting.
2011-09-1

At least 150 people drown when an overcrowded boat carrying about 850 refugees fleeing Libya capsized off the Tunisian coast; scores more are still missing as a search for survivors by Tunisian authorities continues.
2011-06-3

Uncertainty in Libya leads to falls in world stock markets and increases in crude oil prices.
2011-02-22

Libyan authorities arrest 10 reporters apparently for criticizing Libya's leadership.
2010-11-8