Forty-two migrants were presumed dead after a rubber boat capsized off the Libyan coast this month. Many of the presumed victims were fleeing a raging conflict in Sudan.

The ninth annual African Union–United Nations conference, held recently at the UN headquarters in New York, reaffirmed the two organisations’ commitment to supporting stability and peace in Libya, welcoming the progress achieved in both the national reconciliation track and the political process.

Libya has played host to its second oil and gas discovery within a few weeks. Fresh from OMV finding up to 42 million barrels of resources in the onshore part of the Sirte basin last month, state-owned Arabian Gulf Oil Company (Agoco) has now hit oil and gas with a well in the Ghadames basin.

Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Libya's late leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released on Monday after almost a decade of detention without trial in Lebanon over the disappearance of a Shi'ite Muslim cleric,

The Acting Interior Minister Emad Al-Trabelsi took part in the ministerial conference of EU, Middle Eastern, and North African states, held in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, to discuss ways to strengthen security cooperation and develop joint coordination mechanisms to address regional and international challenges.

Libya is facing renewed pressure to shut down detention centers where rights groups say migrants and refugees are being tortured, abused, and in some cases, killed.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed the Meeting of Jurists in Defence of International Law in Caracas, urging the United States to "stop the crazed hand" pushing South America toward war. Addressing 100 jurists from 34 countries,

The United Nations and Algeria have reiterated that any political pathway in Libya must be “Libyan-led and Libyan-owned,” stressing the need for inclusive national elections that reflect the free will of Libyans and help bring an end to the country’s long transitional period.