TRIPOLI, May 22 (Reuters) - Protesters have turned off a valve on a pipeline carrying oil to the eastern Libyan terminal of Zueitina, industry sources said, as politicians called for tougher action against those who attack oil facilities following a

TRIPOLI, May 22 (Reuters) - Protesters have turned off a valve on a pipeline carrying oil to the eastern Libyan terminal of Zueitina, industry sources said, as politicians called for tougher action against those who attack oil facilities following a

TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

TRIPOLI, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya's oil terminals at Tobruk and Zueitina re-opened over the weekend after protests forced both ports to shut, Libya's deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said.

KUWAIT, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya will have to pay Kuwait's Kharafi group $930 million in damages for former leader Muammar Gaddafi's cancelling of the construction of a vacation resort, Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Monday.

KUWAIT, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya will have to pay Kuwait's Kharafi group $930 million in damages for former leader Muammar Gaddafi's cancelling of the construction of a vacation resort, Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Monday.

KUWAIT, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya will have to pay Kuwait's Kharafi group $930 million in damages for former leader Muammar Gaddafi's cancelling of the construction of a vacation resort, Kuwaiti...

KUWAIT, May 20 (Reuters) - Libya will have to pay Kuwait's Kharafi group $930 million in damages for former leader Muammar Gaddafi's cancelling of the construction of a vacation resort, Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Monday.

Several major oil companies are publicly worried about unrest in Libya. Some are even withdrawing non-essential employees.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Wh

The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports.

The Washington Post's Bob Woodward cautioned against dismissing the investigation into last September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, offering vague comparisons to the famed Watergate scandal he was at the center of reporting. Woodward dismiss

The White House on Wednesday released an even 100 pages of administration emails relating to last September's terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, after facing mounting criticism because of early revisions to the talkin

TRIPOLI, May 15 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted for the second time this year after protesters stormed the terminal and forced workers from their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday.

TRIPOLI, May 15 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted for the second time this year after protesters stormed the terminal and forced workers from their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday.

TRIPOLI, May 15 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted by protesters who stormed the terminal, forcing workers to leave their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday.

TRIPOLI, May 15 (Reuters) - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted by protesters who stormed the terminal, forcing workers to leave their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday.

Libyan Oil Minister Abdel Bari Ali al-Arousi said his country was ready to recover from civil war and take its rightful place as the powerhouse of North African energy producers. In its monthly report for May, OPEC said that Libya’s economic re

TRIPOLI, May 14 (Reuters) - A blast that killed three peoplein Libya's second city Benghazi was caused by fishing explosivesthat detonated accidentally, not a car bomb as originallythought, a local government official said on Tuesday.

President Obama again defended the response to an attack on a diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, and called a Republican-led investigation a politically driven "sideshow."

CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

LONDON -- Oil company BPsays it is temporarily withdrawing some nonessential and non-Libyan staff from its office in Libya's capital following similar action by Britain's Foreign Office.David Nicholas, a BP spokesman, said the move is "a precautionar

Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) both brushed off any suggestion that President Barack Obama should be impeached over new revelations about the September terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. On AB

Oil giant BP withdraws some non-essential staff from operations in Libya following UK government advice about uncertainty in the country.

TRIPOLI, May 12 (Reuters) - British oil company BP said it is withdrawing some non-essential staff from Libya after Britain's government warned about deteriorating security in the capital Tripoli.

The White House came under fire Friday for its response the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, with new revelations that the administration scrubbed talking points in the immediate aftermath of the incident.  The

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney faced a fusillade of questions Friday about the administration's response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, amid new reports that show the White House scrubbed the offici

A newly established unit of Marines in Spain has been put on 'high alert' today should it be necessary to evacuate American personnel in Libya. CNN Security Clearance reports that the Marines are on standby, and have not moved from Spain yet, but tha

Earlier today, news crossed the wire that the Britsh Embassy was pulling all non-essential staff from its Libya embassy, with the release of this warning: "Given the security implications of the ongoing political uncertainty, the British Embassy is t

The State Department explicitly removed all references to terrorism and extremist groups from the original talking points on last September's terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, according to a report Friday from ABC Ne

Speaker Boehner demanded the release of emails he said would show the Obama administration had political motives for overlooking early reports that last year's attack on U.S. posts in Libya was terror-related.

On Wednesday, State Department whistleblowers presented three main arguments for why the military could have responded to the assault on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya last year: — There were special operations teams outside of Libya that

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) warned, vaguely, on Thursday that there is a "glaring omission" in information the State Department provided to lawmakers about September's terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.  Coburn said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

The September 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya is back in the national spotlight today with another House committee hearing on whether the Obama administration mishandled the tragic incident.  In the eight months since Be

Benghazi whistleblower Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Libya during the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi said Wednesday that he was "stunned" by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice's statements characterizing the

Stephen Colbert went after Fox News on Wednesday for "doggedly" covering the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.  Mostly, Colbert said, that has been focused on "how the administration blew it, wh

"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough blasted Republicans for promoting what he called a "conspiracy theory" ahead of Wednesday morning's hearings on last fall's terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.  Scarborough said

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has doubled down on his criticism of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over her response to the attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, saying that her handling of the incident should disqualify her from ever holdi

TRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libya's prime minister convinced the defence minister not to resign on Tuesday, hours after Mohammed al-Bargathi said he was quitting in protest against the siege of two government ministries by armed groups, the premier's

The EC-130J Commando Solo (00-1934/STEEL74) of the 193 SOS, operating out of Sigonella, in Italy, became particularly famous in 2011, during the Libya Air War. The aircraft broadcast messages both English and Arab language inviting sai

CAIRO, May 7 (Reuters) - Egypt said it expected crude oilimports to start arriving next month after Libya and Iraq agreedto make shipments to help Cairo weather an economic crisis.

CAIRO, May 7 (Reuters) - Egypt said it expected crude oil imports to start arriving next month after Libya and Iraq agreed to make shipments to help Cairo weather an economic crisis.

CAIRO, May 7 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Tuesday it is expecting crude oil to start arriving next month from Libya and Iraq after those countries agreed to the shipments to help Cairo weather an economic crisis.

TRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libya's army chief of staff will make an "important decision" together with the prime minister on Tuesday, a defence ministry spokesman said, denying media reports that the head of the armed forces had quit.

TRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libya's defence minister resigned on Tuesday in protest at a siege by gunmen of two government ministries that he denounced as an assault on democracy almost two years after the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

TRIPOLI, May 7 (Reuters) - Libya's defence minister on resigned on Tuesday in protest at a siege by gunmen of two government ministries that he denounced as an assault on democracy.

TRIPOLI, May 6 (Reuters) - Gunmen refused to give up control of two ministries in Libya's capital on Monday, even after Libya's parliament caved in to their demand and banned any senior official under dictator Muammar Gaddafi from holding government