Armed clashes broke out Sunday in the western Libyan city of Zawiya, trapping residents in their homes and causing significant damage to the country's second-largest oil refinery, according to officials.
The fighting involved gunmen loyal to the (...)
On September 18, 2024, Omar Harfouch brought his visionary "Concerto for Peace" to the prestigious Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
A unique fusion of classical and oriental music, the concert captivated a capacity audience of over 1,900 people. (...)
Ethar Baamer's Saudi short film "In Between" is set to make its European premiere at the Italian Middle East Now Festival, running from October 15 to 20.
Written and directed by Baamer, the abstract animation explores a woman's journey through her (...)
At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country's health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years.
Thousands of families have also fled (...)
Twelve Libyan officials have received sentences ranging between nine and 27 years in prison for their role in catastrophic dam collapses that killed more than 4,000 people last September.
Entire neighborhoods in the city of Derna were swept away, (...)
Four members of the UK's richest family are on trial in Switzerland amid allegations they spent more money caring for their dog than their servants. The Hinduja family, worth an estimated £37bn ($47bn), is accused of exploitation and human (...)
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 (...)
