Heavily armed gunmen of two rival militias have clashed in the Libyan capital Tripoli for hours, killing at least one person and injuring 12 others.

A Libyan officer was killed in a car bombing in the eastern city of Benghazi Wednesday three days after a colleague died in the same way.

Heavy shooting from guns and anti-aircraft weapons has been heard in the eastern part of the Libyan capital Tripoli, reports say.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has warned against ‘forces’ seeking to hinder development in the country, saying the government faces major difficulties in establishing order.

Libya’s Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has warned against ‘forces’ seeking to hinder development in the country, saying the government faces major difficulties in establishing order.

Gunmen have shot and killed a top Libyan military commander in the volatile eastern city of Benghazi, security sources say.

Gunmen have shot and killed a top Libyan military commander in the volatile eastern city of Benghazi, security sources say.

A Libyan man abducted in his home country by US Special Forces has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges after appearing before a court in New York.

A Libyan man, who was kidnapped from Tripoli by US Special Forces, has been taken to the United States to "face trial."

A Libyan man, who was kidnapped from Tripoli by US Special Forces, has been taken to the United States to "face trial."

The abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan shows that the North African country is on the verge of becoming a failed state, a political commentator says.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says his hours-long kidnapping on Thursday from a hotel in the capital Tripoli was a coup attempt by his political opponents.

A car bomb has gone off near the Swedish consulate in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, with no injuries reported.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan says a “political party” is behind his brief abduction in the capital Tripoli.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan by a group of gunmen.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has reportedly been freed just hours after he was kidnapped by gunmen from a hotel in the capital, Tripoli.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped in the capital, Tripoli, the Libyan government has announced.

The US military has deployed a Marine force of 200 troops to an Italian base neighboring Libya in wake of the recent American raid in the North African nation to kidnap alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi.

US Secretary of State John Kerry has justified the abduction of a man in Libya by US forces as ‘legal and appropriate’.

People have taken to the streets in the Libyan city of Benghazi to voice anger at the abduction of a Libyan man by US forces over his alleged role in the bombings of two US embassies.