Benghazi - After a deal brokered with rebels on April 6th two formerly blockaded ports have reopened for export. However, talks are still ongoing to reopen two other ports.

Tripoli - Masked gunmen kidnapped Jordan's ambassador to Libya as he rode to work in Tripoli on Tuesday, shooting at his car and wounding his driver, officials said.

Tripoli - Masked gunmen attacked the ambassador's car and shot his driver according to a spokesperson for Libya's foreign ministry. This is just the latest of a number of incidents in which foreign diplomats have been targeted in Libya.

Tripoli - Hooded men travelling in two cars on Tuesday abducted the Jordanian ambassador to Tripoli, Fawaz Aitan, the Libyan foreign ministry said."The Jordanian ambassador was kidnapped this morning.

Tripoli - Libya's interim prime minister Abdullah al-Thani stepped down on Sunday, saying that he and his family had been the victims of an armed attack the previous day, a statement said.

Tripoli - Libya's National Oil Co (NOC) on Thursday lifted a force majeure on a crude export terminal recovered from rebel hands, opening the way for renewed exports.

Benghazi - Western states on Monday called for a rapid reopening of oil terminals in eastern Libya after rebels agreed to gradually lift a nine-month blockade.

Benghazi - Rebels seeking regional autonomy agreed Sunday to allow the reopening of two of four oil terminals in eastern Libya that they have blockaded since July, official news agency Lana reported.

Benghazi - In indirect talks with eastern rebels who have held three oil ports since last summer, a Libyan government minister maintained that the blockade of the ports could end within days.

Benghazi - A leader of a rebel tribe that has blockaded three eastern Libya oil ports since last summer said that an agreement to reopen the ports may be near.

Tripoli - The rebels still remain in control of three key export ports in Eastern Libya even after a deadline to hand them over to the central authorities has passed.

Tripoli - Slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi's son Saadi has asked Libyans for forgiveness in an interview released by prison authorities three weeks after his extradition from neighbouring Niger.

Tripoli - Clashes between Libyan rebels who are occupying three eastern ports and troops at the hometown of rebel leader Ibrahim Jathran, wounded at least 16 people. The eastern area of Libya, Cyrenaica, has declared itself autonomous.

Tripoli - The US Navy handed over to Libyan authorities Saturday an oil tanker it boarded after the vessel took to sea with crude illegally loaded at a rebel-held port, the American embassy said."Earlier today, US forces turned control of the M/T Morning Glory o...

Tripoli - Two rockets struck a runway at the international airport in Libya's capital Tripoli on Friday, forcing the suspension of flights, an airport source said."Two rockets exploded on the main runway of the airport, causing damage.

Benghazi - The Libyan government has asked both the UN and the international community to help it fight what it calls a war on terrorism as the country appears to be facing growing instability and chaos.

Tripoli - The Libyan government on Thursday vowed to fight terrorism, in its first acknowledgement that "terrorist groups" were behind dozens of attacks against security services and Westerners."The nation finds itself in a confrontation with terrorist groups, a...

Benghazi - U.S. Navy Seal commandos took over control of the North Korean-flagged Morning Glory off the coast of Cyprus. The tanker was loaded with oil from the eastern Libya port of Es Sider where it had been loaded by rebels who hold the port.

Benghazi - A car bomb Monday targeting a military academy in Libya's restive eastern city of Benghazi killed at least five soldiers and wounded more than 10, military and hospital sources said.The medical centre in Benghazi reported that "five bodies plus an inde...

Benghazi - Ali Zeidan the former prime minister fled the country for Europe as tensions increased between the central government and the autonomous eastern regions of Barq or Cyrenaica.