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The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to authorize the European Union's maritime force to enforce an arms embargo on the high seas off the coast of Libya for another year.The British-drafted resolution adopted Monday…

The European Commission is proposing that EU governments make direct money transfers to Iran’s central bank to avoid U.S. penalties, an EU official said, in what would be the most forthright challenge to Washington’s newly reimposed…

The European Union’s top diplomat, Federica Mogherini, on Monday said the situation in Libya is improving, citing recent calls for elections and an increase in migrants voluntarily returning to their home countries.…

The Arab League will host on Monday a meeting of the International Quartet Committee on Libya as part of efforts to back up political conciliation for the troubled nation.The meeting, to be hosted by the Arab League Secretary General…

"Bettina Muscheidt, head of the EU Delegation to Libya, and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Director to Libya, Sultan Hajiyev, signed an agreement at the UNDP Libya office in Tunis, through which the EU…

The African Union (AU) high-level committee on Libya has condemned the additional inflow of arms into the country.The committee has wrapped up its 5th meeting at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, according to a…

At least 16,000 African migrants have been repatriated from camps in Libya under an emergency plan, the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.European and African leaders announced a plan for accelerated…

A new programme worth €50 million, to improve the living conditions and resilience of vulnerable populations in key Libyan municipalities has been adopted under the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (North of Africa window).…

Libya's Third Startups Expo, a micro enterprise exhibition supported by the European Union, kicked off here on Saturday.The event, supported by the European Mission to Libya, hosted dozens of small enterprises and businesses, in an…

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) assisted 15,000 migrants to return to their homes from Libya through the voluntary humanitarian returns programme, with the support of the European Union and the active cooperation of…

A plan for a voluntary evacuation of migrants in Libya government-controlled detention camps lies at the heart of an emergency migration plan for Africa.Leaders from the European Union and the African Union arrived for the summit in…

The European Union (EU) and some other major European countries have set mid-December as a deadline for the Libyan eastern-based parliament to amend the political agreement on ending the country's political crises, a parliament member…

Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted 299 African migrants, including 40 women and 19 children, on two rubber boats in the Mediterranean Sea east of the capital, Tripoli, according to the Associated Press.Spokesman Ayoub…

Smugglers have been stealing fuel in Libya and selling it on across Europe, according to Italian police.Italian police said on Wednesday that they had broken up a network selling low-quality Libyan diesel fuel worth…

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says "Europe has got a collective responsibility" to help improve migrant detention conditions in Libya.Juncker told EU lawmakers that the European Union must work closely with the…

The European Union will cooperate with Libya on the migrant and refugee issue, and adopt the same scenario as in the EU-Turkey migration deal, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday.In March 2016, the European Union and Turkey…