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World 12 Mar 2025 | 04:45 PM

Update: Oil production resumes at Libya's Mabruk field after 10-year hiatus

TRIPOLI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) announced Wednesday the resumption of oil production at the Mabruk oilfield after a suspension of 10 years.

World 3 Mar 2025 | 09:39 PM

Libya launches 1st oil, gas exploration public bidding in 17 years

TRIPOLI, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Libya launched a new public bidding round for oil and gas exploration for the first time in 17 years, Acting Chairman of the state-owned Libyan National Oil Corporation Masoud Sulaiman announced on Monday.

World 25 Feb 2025 | 08:09 PM

Libya destroys 2 tons of explosive war remnants

TRIPOLI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan Forensic Police on Tuesday announced the destruction of two tons of explosive remnants of war in the Al-Hira area, south of the capital Tripoli.

World 25 Feb 2025 | 08:22 PM

UNHCR welcomes release of 39 refugees from detention in Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday welcomed the release of 39 refugees from a detention center in the Libyan capital Tripoli.

World 13 Feb 2025 | 06:07 PM

Bodies of 29 more migrants found in southeast Libya, security official says

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libyan security authorities have recovered at least 29 more bodies of migrants in a mass grave in the southeast of the country, a security official told Reuters on Thursday.

World 13 Feb 2025 | 08:21 PM

1,500 refugees evacuated from Libya in 2024: UNHCR

TRIPOLI, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said that in Libya, 1,500 refugees were evacuated or resettled in 2024.

World 9 Feb 2025 | 07:07 PM

Authorities free 76 migrants, recover 28 migrant bodies in SE Libya

TRIPOLI, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan Attorney General's office announced on Sunday that security services in the southeastern city of Kufra had freed 76 migrants detained by a criminal gang, and recovered 28 bodies of migrants buried near the detention site.

World 22 Jan 2025 | 08:05 PM

Libya boosts oil output to over 1.43 mln bpd despite political risks

TRIPOLI, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Libya's daily oil output has topped 1.43 million barrels, the state-run National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday, as the North African nation pushes to boost production despite persistent political instability.

World 18 Jan 2025 | 06:28 PM

Libya plans to increase oil, gas production to 2 mln barrels per day over next 3 years

TRIPOLI, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Acting Chairman of Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) Masoud Sulaiman said on Saturday the company plans to increase daily oil and gas production to two million barrels over the next three years if "the right funds are made available."

World 14 Jan 2025 | 08:50 PM

Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Libya's Benghazi after 10-year hiatus

TRIPOLI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Libya's eastern-based government announced on Tuesday that Turkish Airlines had resumed flights to Benghazi after a 10-year hiatus.

World 14 Jan 2025 | 11:50 PM

UN Libya mission alarmed by reported torture footage in detention facility

CAIRO (Reuters) -The U.N. Libya mission expressed on Tuesday its alarm over what it said was footage circulating on social media featuring "brutal torture and ill-treatment" of detainees at the Gernada detention facility in eastern Libya.

World 21 Dec 2024 | 07:58 PM

2,460 people killed by road accidents in Libya in 2024: official

TRIPOLI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The number of people killed by road traffic accidents in Libya in 2024 has reached 2,460, Faisal Barnus, head of the Traffic and Licensing Department of the Libyan Ministry of Interior, said on Saturday.

World 13 Jan 2025 | 08:02 PM

Libya's 2024 revenues reach around 25 bln USD: central bank

TRIPOLI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Central Bank of Libya announced on Monday that the country's total public revenues for 2024 amounted to 123.51 billion Libyan dinars (approximately 24.95 billion U.S. dollars).

World 25 Dec 2024 | 07:21 PM

Libya's eastern-based government agrees to proposal to end fuel subsidies

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based government said in a statement on Wednesday that it had agreed on a proposal to end fuel subsidies and would prepare a mechanism to implement the agreement.

World 5 Dec 2024 | 04:23 PM

161 migrants from Somalia repatriated from Libya

MOGADISHU, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Somalia on Thursday announced that it successfully brought back 161 of its citizens stranded in Libya through the United Nations-backed Voluntary Humanitarian Return program.

World 15 Dec 2024 | 10:38 PM

UN launches fresh attempt to resolve Libya's election impasse

(Reuters) - The United Nations will convene a technical committee of Libyan experts in an attempt to resolve contentious issues and put the country on the path to long-awaited national elections, the acting head of the U.N. mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said on Sunday.

World 23 Nov 2024 | 09:32 PM

European Film Festival kicks off in Libya's Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- An European Film Festival kicked off in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday.

World 14 Dec 2024 | 07:26 AM

Russian cargo plane departs Syria for Libya, more flights expected, official says

LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -A Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia for Libya on Saturday, a Syrian security official stationed outside the facility said, following rebels' overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad last weekend.

World 6 Jan 2025 | 07:54 PM

Libya's national oil corporation boosts output with new Shadar oil field

TRIPOLI, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Libya's state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Monday its subsidiary Zallaf Oil and Gas Exploration, Production and Refining Company had begun production at the Shadar oil field (NC-126) in the northeast of the country.

World 8 Dec 2024 | 09:24 PM

Libya approves national strategy to achieve food self-sufficiency

TRIPOLI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah on Sunday approved the National Food Security Strategy 2025-2035, the Libyan government said in a statement.

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